container
IPA: kʌntˈeɪnɝ
noun
- Someone who contains; something that contains.
- An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
- (transport) A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods.
- (by extension) Someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.
- (computing)
- (file format) A file format that can hold various types of data.
- (object-oriented programming) An abstract data type whose instances are collections of other objects.
- (graphical user interface) Any user interface component that can hold further (child) components.
- (Java programming language) A web container.
- (cloud computing) A bundle consisting of operating system, application code and dependencies to be run sandboxed inside a virtualized environment; (by extension) the environment itself.
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Examples of "container" in Sentences
- Not mine though, half the container is already gone.
- In some cases, the refund percentage is greater for unopened containers.
- Commercially, makgeolli is most commonly available in aseptic box containers.
- The container is clearly labeled "sugar" and Grace believes that it is sugar.
- Yes, the container is in public view, but so is the glovebox on a convertible.
- This is not the case when using the TIFF as a container holding compressed JPEG.
- Image depicts Le Whif Chocolate, but the container is similar to the coffee version
- If they get the real award, then the container is absolute separate from the content.
- As you may know, the container is the key to the vast new technology of freight transportation.
- Humidity within the container is the only "negative" ...... couches and mattress material might get a bit of mildew.
- I wonder if someone who has taken antibotics perscribed for their wife, or transfers perscription drugs from the non-original container, is disqualified?
- That container is then modified based on the company and product (Think of it as how some bottled waters are in very similar containers and only the label is different.)