Container meaning

What does “container” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“container” is a noun with one meaning. Its most common meaning is: 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).

container

noun

  1. 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)

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University