container
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈteɪnə/
ipa: /kənˈteɪnɚ/
rhymes: -eɪnə(ɹ)
Forms: form: containers
Etymology: From Middle English conteyner, equivalent to contain + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who contains; something that contains.
glosses: An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
examples: text: Will container development merely bring about a substitution for the body of the covered wagon? Probably not, in his view, but he believes that the size and tonnage of the container are likely to increase pari passu with the lifting capacity of handling appliances.
ref: 1963 April, “Beyond the Channel: France: Freight stock of the future”, in Modern Railways, page 269:
text: The specifiers of the Freightliner network had the foresight to base the rail journey on carrying ISO containers which are 8ft wide and originally 8ft tall (although now increased to a height of 9ft 6ins), with a variety of lengths.
ref: 2020 May 20, Industry Insider, “An online boost for freight”, in Rail, page 68:
topics: transport
synonyms: cargo container
shipping container
glosses: A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods.
glosses: Someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2011, Cory Altheide, Harlan Carvey, Digital Forensics with Open Source Tools, page 187:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: container format
qualifier: file format
glosses: A file format that can hold various types of data.
examples: text: This advantage is the primary incentive for using a list container, rather than a vector or a deque.
ref: 2015, Ivor Horton, Using the C++ Standard Template Libraries, Apress, →ISBN, page 64:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: An abstract data type whose instances are collections of other objects.
examples: text: Flex automatically creates a TabBar container at the top of the TabNavigator container, with a tab corresponding to each child container. Each tab can have its own label and icon.
ref: 2007, Rich Tretola, Simon Barber, Renaun Erickson, Professional Adobe Flex 2, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 62:
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any user interface component that can hold further (child) components.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: Java programming language
glosses: A web container.
examples: text: Generally, when people think of serverless computing, they tend to think of applications with back-ends that run on third-party services, also described as code running on ephemeral containers.
ref: 2017, Maddie Stigler, Beginning Serverless Computing, Apress, →ISBN, page 1:
text: The application components all run in containers. They are isolated like VMs but lightweight and efficient like PaaS services.
ref: 2020, Elton Stoneman, chapter 1, in Learn Docker in a Month of Lunches, →ISBN:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: software container
qualifier: cloud computing
glosses: A bundle consisting of operating system, application code and dependencies to be run sandboxed inside a virtualized environment; (by extension) the environment itself.
examples: text: As with all varieties of cryptic clues, the container device can be used in conjunction with other devices, especially in more complex cryptic crosswords.
ref: 2012 June 13, Denise Sutherland, Solving Cryptic Crosswords For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 48:
text: Container word clues are actually three clues in one.
ref: 2013 July 1, John P.Stewart, Don't Let Cryptic Crossword Clues Fool You: Intellectual Stimulation and Mental Alertness Guaranteed, Booktango, →ISBN:
text: We have already mentioned 'in' having multiple uses; 'round' or 'around' might be a container indicator or a reversal indicator; 'without' might be a container indicator or a deletion indicator, and so on.
ref: 2020 August 20, Telegraph Media Group Ltd, The Telegraph: How To Solve a Cryptic Crossword: Mastering cryptic crosswords made easy, Hachette UK, →ISBN, page 23:
qualifier: crosswording
glosses: A type of cryptic device where one word is inserted into another.
Synonyms: word: container
word: receptacle
Hyponyms: word: basket
word: bin
word: box
word: can
word: canister
word: case
word: clothing bin
word: scuttle
word: vessel
word: bag
word: envelope
word: pouch
word: sack
word: satchel
word: ashcan
word: ashtray
word: dumpster
word: dust bin
word: garbage can
word: recycle bin
word: rubbish bin
word: trash can
word: wastebasket
word: waste bin
word: wastepaper basket
word: holster
word: scabbard
word: sheath
Derived terms: conetainer
containerboard
container crane
container deposit
container flat
container format
containerful
containerisation
containerization
containerize
containerless
containerlike
containerload
container plant
container port
container ship
containership
container wagon
containerware
cryocontainer
cubitainer
geocontainer
keytainer
microcontainer
microtainer
nanocontainer
nanotainer
roll container
seatainer
shipping container
subcontainer
tanktainer
thermocontainer
transtainer
vacutainer
waste container
Related terms: word: hole
word: :Category:Containers