container

From Middle English conteyner, equivalent to contain +‎ -er.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kənˈteɪnə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kənˈteɪnɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪnə(r)

container (plural containers)

1. Someone who contains; something that contains.
2. An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
3. (transport) A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods.

   Synonym: cargo container

4. (by extension) Someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.
5. (computing) A file format that can hold various types of data.
   • 2011, Cory Altheide, Harlan Carvey, Digital Forensics with Open Source Tools (page 187)

     As the MP4 container can store audio, video, or both, the M4A naming and file extension is used to hint that this MP4 container holds solely audio information.

6. (object-oriented programming) An abstract data type whose instances are collections of other objects.
7. (computing, graphical user interface) Any user interface component that can hold further (child) components.

• See also Thesaurus:container

• (computing): branch container

• container flat
• container ship
• container wagon

• Portuguese: contêiner

• container on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• cotarnine, crenation, narcotine

Borrowed from English container.

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔnˈteː.nər/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: con‧tai‧ner
• Rhymes: -eːnər

container m (plural containers, diminutive containertje n)

1. cargo container

   Synonym: vrachtcontainer

2. dumpster or domestic recycling bin, large waste container

   Synonyms: afvalcontainer, vuilcontainer

• afvalcontainer
• containerbegrip
• containerhaven
• containerschip
• vuilcontainer
• vrachtcontainer

From English container (during the 1920s).

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tɛ.nɛʁ/

container f (plural containers)

1. container

   Synonym: conteneur

• “container” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• actionner, connaitre, connaître, encornait, reconnait, reconnaît, renonçait

• konteiner

From English container

container m (definite singular containeren, indefinite plural containere, definite plural containerne)

1. a container (large metal box for transporting goods)

• containerskip

• “container” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• konteinar

From English container

container m (definite singular containeren, indefinite plural containerar, definite plural containerane)

1. a container (as above)

• containerskip

• “container” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

container m (plural containers)

1. Alternative spelling of contêiner

From English container.

• IPA^(key): /konˈteneɾ/, [kõn̪ˈt̪eneɾ]

container m (plural containers)

1. container

   Synonym: contenedor

From English container.

• IPA^(key): /kɔnˈtɛjnɛr/

container c

1. container