canister

canister is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A small basket of rushes, reeds, or willow twigs, etc. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A small basket of rushes, reeds, or willow twigs, etc.
2. noun. A small box or case for holding tea, coffee, etc.
3. noun. A kind of case shot for cannon, in which a number of lead or iron balls in layers are inclosed in a case fitting the gun; -- called also canister shot.
4. noun. metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour

   Synonyms: cannister, tin

5. noun. a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm

Synonyms

cannister, tin

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in canister:

anestric, ceratins, cestrian, cisterna, creatins, irascent, scantier, tacrines

Common word forms

canisters

Words from these letters

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