From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Can \Can\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Canned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Canning}.] To preserve by putting in sealed cans [U. S.] ''Canned meats'' --W. D. Howells.
{Canned goods}, a general name for fruit, vegetables, meat, or fish, preserved in hermetically sealed cans.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc. [syn: {tin}, {tin can}]
2: the quantity contained in a can [syn: {canful}]
3: a buoy with a round bottom and conical top [syn: {can buoy}]
4: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: {buttocks}, {nates}, {arse}, {butt}, {backside}, {bum}, {buns}, {fundament}, {hindquarters}, {hind end}, {keister}, {posterior}, {prat}, {rear}, {rear end}, {rump}, {stern}, {seat}, {tail}, {tail end}, {tooshie}, {tush}, {bottom}, {behind}, {derriere}, {fanny}, {ass}]
5: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn: {toilet}, {commode}, {crapper}, {pot}, {potty}, {stool}, {throne}]
6: a room equipped with toilet facilities [syn: {toilet}, {lavatory}, {lav}, {john}, {privy}, {bathroom}]
verb
1: preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty" [syn: {tin}, {put up}]
2: terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" [syn: {fire}, {give notice}, {dismiss}, {give the axe}, {send away}, {sack}, {force out}, {give the sack}, {terminate}] [ant: {hire}] [also: {canning}, {canned}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "canning": anhydration, blast-freezing, bottling, boxing, brining, corning, crating, curing, dehydration, desiccation, dry-curing, drying, embalming, encasement, evaporation, freeze-drying, freezing, fuming, irradiation, jerking, marination, mummification, package, packaging, packing, pickling, potting, quick-freezing, refrigeration, salting, seasoning, smoking, stuffing, taxidermy, tinning
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