On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Canister. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as ammunition or ammo and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Canister meaning
- A cylindrical or rectangular container usually of lightweight metal, plastic, or laminated pasteboard used for holding a dry product (as tea, crackers, flour, matches).
- Any of various cylindrical metal receptacles usually with a removable close-fitting top.
- A special short-range antipersonnel projectile consisting of a casing of light metal, loaded with preformed submissiles such as flechettes or steel balls. The casing is designed to open just beyond the muzzle of the weapon, dispersing the submissiles.
Synonyms of Canister
Using Canister
- The main meaning on this page is: A cylindrical or rectangular container usually of lightweight metal, plastic, or laminated pasteboard used for holding a dry product (as tea, crackers, flour, matches). | Any of various cylindrical metal receptacles usually with a removable close-fitting top. | A special short-range antipersonnel projectile consisting of a casing of light metal, loaded with preformed submissiles such as flechettes or steel balls. The casing is designed to open just beyond the muzzle of the weapon, dispersing the submissiles.
- Useful related words include: case shot, canister shot, ammunition, ammo.
- In the example corpus, canister often appears in combinations such as: gas canister, the canister, canister of.
Context around Canister
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 7 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Canister
- In this selection, "canister" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, gas, tape, filter, paper, designed and shot stand out and add context to how "canister" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a 40 canister of pulverized and a filter canister screwed on. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "canister" sits close to words such as aggravating, airbags and alder, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with canister
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Fuel reserve in the canister. (5 words)
The canister head, with exterior asteroid samples visible. (8 words)
The system needs to be shipped back to Alpinestars, which charges $99 for each replacement gas canister. (17 words)
If you’ve been feeling pressured to buy Bloom or Athletic Greens because some influencer has been crowing about how great they are, let this be your reassurance that you don’t actually need a $40 canister of pulverized kale to keep your body healthy. (45 words)
In the latter part of the hearing, during Torreon’s presentation of what he said was a photograph of what he said was a tear gas canister, dela Rosa interrupted him to say that was not a tear gas but a smoke grenade. (43 words)
Protesters and militia fighters throw back a tear gas canister used by U.S. Embassy security men during a protest to condemn air strikes on bases belonging to Hashd al-Shaabi (paramilitary forces), outside the embassy in Baghdad, Iraq January 1, 2020. (42 words)
Example sentences (20)
Paper tape canister Paper tape canister, designed to securely distribute cryptographic keys The paper tape canister is a tamper resistant container from which the contents may manually be dispensed but which prohibits reinsertion of a tape once removed.
Shrapnel's innovation was to combine the multi-projectile shotgun effect of canister shot, with a time fuze to open the canister and disperse the bullets it contained at some distance along the canister's trajectory from the gun.
Due to miniaturization, a single canister can hold four PAC-3 missiles (as opposed to one PAC-2 missile per canister).
The canister was invented to prevent the ability to tamper with the paper tape once placed inside the canister.
The main improvement was replacing the separate filter canister connected with a hose by a filter canister screwed on the side of the gas mask, that could be replaced easily.
M-44s consist of a stake driven into the ground with a spring and canister loaded with the chemical.
Pour the items into a canister or container, set them aside, and then throw them away once they have cooled down.
Prosecutors say that Mr. Moloney, of Bayport, N.Y., showed up at the Capitol in a bicycle helmet and protective eyewear, carrying a canister of Black Flag Wasp, Hornet and Yellow Jacket Killer.
Protesters and militia fighters throw back a tear gas canister used by U.S. Embassy security men during a protest to condemn air strikes on bases belonging to Hashd al-Shaabi (paramilitary forces), outside the embassy in Baghdad, Iraq January 1, 2020.
Schwartz, 49, also armed himself with a police-issued "super soaker" canister of pepper spray and sprayed it at retreating officers.
The canister head, with exterior asteroid samples visible.
The canister vacuum is lightweight and easy to maneuver throughout the house, and it has a long hose with an extra-wide brush head.
The system needs to be shipped back to Alpinestars, which charges $99 for each replacement gas canister.
Try explaining that you have to take the canister of film to a developer and wait before you even see what one of your snapshots actually looks like.
Two other protesters, Neelam Azad and Amol Shinde, were caught releasing colour smoke from an aerosol canister on a road outside the Parliament.
A member of the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office fatally shot on Monday afternoon a Belfast man who allegedly charged at police with a gas canister that was on fire.
Fuel reserve in the canister.
He admitted carrying a canister of the noxious liquid spray near his home on August 24 2022.
If you’ve been feeling pressured to buy Bloom or Athletic Greens because some influencer has been crowing about how great they are, let this be your reassurance that you don’t actually need a $40 canister of pulverized kale to keep your body healthy.
In the latter part of the hearing, during Torreon’s presentation of what he said was a photograph of what he said was a tear gas canister, dela Rosa interrupted him to say that was not a tear gas but a smoke grenade.
Common combinations with canister
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- gas canister 22×
- the canister 17×
- canister of 14×
- tape canister 4×
- canister shot 4×
- canister and 4×
- and canister 4×
- canister on 4×
- canister was 3×
- missile canister 3×