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) | airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc. |
| metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour |
| a vessel (box, can, pan, etc.) made of tinplate and used mainly in baking |
| a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide |