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–noun

1.	anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.

2.	a large, vanlike, reuseable box for consolidating smaller crates or cartons into a single shipment, designed for easy and fast loading and unloading of freight.

[Origin: 1400–50 for an earlier sense; 1495–1505 for def. 1; late ME conteiner; see contain, -er¹

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n.

A receptacle, such as a carton, can, or jar, in which material is held or carried.
A large reusable receptacle that can accommodate smaller cartons or cases in a single shipment, designed for efficient handling of cargo.

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container
noun
any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

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conˈtainer1 noun

something made to contain things
Example: He brought his lunch in a plastic container.

Arabic:	وَعاء، عُلْبَه، كيس
Chinese (Simplified):	容器
Chinese (Traditional):	容器
Czech:	nádoba, bedna, pouzdro
Danish:	beholder
Dutch:	vat, doos
Estonian:	nõu
Finnish:	astia
French:	récipient
German:	der Behälter
Greek:	δοχείο
Hungarian:	tartó
Icelandic:	ílát
Indonesian:	wadah
Italian:	contenitore

Japanese:	容器
Korean:	용기
Latvian:	trauks; kaste
Lithuanian:	dėž(ut)ė, indas
Norwegian:	beholder, boks, kasse, tank
Polish:	pojemnik
Portuguese (Brazil):	recipiente
Portuguese (Portugal):	recipiente
Romanian:	recipient
Russian:	тара
Slovak:	nádoba
Slovenian:	posoda
Spanish:	recipiente
Swedish:	behållare, kärl, burk
Turkish:	kap

conˈtainer2 noun

a very large sealed metal box for carrying goods on a lorry, ship etc
Example: The ship carried twenty containers; (also adjective) a container ship, a container lorry

Arabic:	صُندوق كَبير، حاوِيَه، صِهريج
Chinese (Simplified):	集装箱
Chinese (Traditional):	集裝箱
Czech:	kontejner, kontejnerový
Danish:	container; container-
Dutch:	container
Estonian:	konteiner
Finnish:	kontti
French:	conteneur
German:	der Container
Greek:	μεγάλο κιβώτιο εμπορευμάτων, κοντέινερ
Hungarian:	konténer
Icelandic:	gámur
Indonesian:	peti kemas
Italian:	container

Japanese:	コンテナ
Korean:	컨테이너
Latvian:	konteiners; konteinera-
Lithuanian:	konteineris
Norwegian:	container
Polish:	kontener
Portuguese (Brazil):	contêiner
Portuguese (Portugal):	contentor
Romanian:	container
Russian:	контейнер
Slovak:	kontajner
Slovenian:	zabojnik
Spanish:	contenedor
Swedish:	container
Turkish:	konteyner