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   canister

   /ˈkanɪstə/

   noun

   • 1. a round or cylindrical container used for storing such things as food, chemicals, or rolls of film.
   • ▪ a cylinder of pressurized gas, typically one that explodes when thrown or fired from a gun: "riot police fired tear-gas canisters into the crowd"
   • ▪ small bullets packed in cases that fit the bore of a gun: "another deadly volley of canister"

   Word Origin late 15th century (denoting a basket): from Latin canistrum, from Greek kanastron ‘wicker basket’, from kanna ‘cane, reed’ (see cane).

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