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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
something, such as a box, barrel, or can, that contains or may contain something else; receptacle.
- similar words:
- box, case, receptacle, vessel
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| definition 2: |
the contents of a particular container.
I added the whole container of cream to the soup. |
| related words: |
bucket, canteen, carton, cask, casket, hamper, housing, jar, pack, package, tube, well |
adjective + (n.)container
airtight,
cardboard,
ceramic,
clean,
closed,
covered,
decorative,
disposable,
empty,
large,
nonreactive,
open,
recyclable,
recycled,
refrigerated,
reusable,
sealed,
separate,
shallow,
small,
suitable,
waterproof,
wooden
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verb + (n.)container
cover,
discard,
drain,
dump,
haul,
inspect,
load,
pack,
package,
place,
plant,
purchase,
recycle,
scrape,
ship,
spill,
store,
toss,
transfer,
unload,
yogurt
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(n.)container
+ verb
empty, fill, freeze, label, mix, pot, pour, refrigerate, seal, stack, transport
noun + (n.)container
aluminum,
bag,
beer,
beverage,
bottle,
bottom,
bowl,
box,
can,
candy,
cargo,
chemical,
collection,
cookie,
food,
freezer,
freight,
gallon,
garbage,
glass,
ingredient,
jar,
juice,
liquid,
metal,
milk,
mixture,
nursery,
paint,
pill,
plastic,
pot,
recycling,
sauce,
serving,
shipping,
steel,
storage,
store,
take-out,
terra-cotta,
tin,
trash,
waste,
water
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The word container
contains the following parts:
con-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix con-
is an assimilated form of com- used before roots beginning with c, d, f, g, j, n, s, t, and v. See com-. Note: con-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in " conceive
."
Example words:
conceive, concentrate, concentric, conclude, conclusion, condone, conduce, conducive, conduct, conductive, conduction, confer, conference, confidant, confide, confidence, confident, confine, confirm, conflict, confluence, conflux, conform, confuse, confusion, congener, congratulate, congregate, congress, conjecture, conjunct, conjunction, conjunctiva, connect, connote, conscript, conscription, consign, consonant, conspiracy, constant, constrain, construct, construction, contact, contain, container, context, continue, contract, conversant, convince, convict, conviction, convivial, convocation, convoke, inconceivable, inconsonant, inconspicuous, connotation, consequence, consequent
ten, tin, tain
Latin
root
that means to hold
Example words:
abstain, abstinence, appertain, attain, contain, container, content, contention, continent, continual, continue, continuous, detain, detention, impertinent, incontinent, lieutenant, maintain, maintenance, obtain, pertain, pertinacious, pertinacity, pertinent, retain, retentive, retinue, sustain, tenable, tenacious, tenacity, tenant, tenement, tenet, tennis, tenor, tenure
-er, -or, -ar2
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means a person or thing that does
More about this word part:
The suffix group -er
, -or
, -ar2 turns verbs into agent nouns.
Example words:
actor, administrator, builder, batter3, beggar, broiler, burglar, bursar, captor, carrier, censor, cleaner, commissioner, computer, consumer, container, dancer, diner, director, doctor, drinker, driver, employer, farmer, freezer, laborer, lecher, liar, manager, motor, painter1, pitcher2, player, potter, preacher, razor, refrigerator, reporter, runner, sailor, scribbler, sculptor, seller, singer, speaker, survivor, teacher, tractor, user, vendor, washer, worker, writer
- synonyms:
- -ist, -ite2, -ator, -an, -ian, -ean
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