Canning

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Can \Can\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Canned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Canning}.]
     To preserve by putting in sealed cans [U. S.] "Canned meats"
     --W. D. Howells.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     {Canned goods}, a general name for fruit, vegetables, meat,
        or fish, preserved in hermetically sealed cans.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  can
       n 1: airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint
            etc. [syn: {tin}, {tin can}]
       2: the quantity contained in a can [syn: {canful}]
       3: a buoy with a round bottom and conical top [syn: {can buoy}]
       4: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he
          deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit
          on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: {buttocks}, {nates},
          {arse}, {butt}, {backside}, {bum}, {buns}, {fundament}, {hindquarters},
           {hind end}, {keister}, {posterior}, {prat}, {rear}, {rear
          end}, {rump}, {stern}, {seat}, {tail}, {tail end}, {tooshie},
           {tush}, {bottom}, {behind}, {derriere}, {fanny}, {ass}]
       5: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn: {toilet},
           {commode}, {crapper}, {pot}, {potty}, {stool}, {throne}]
       6: a room equipped with toilet facilities [syn: {toilet}, {lavatory},
           {lav}, {john}, {privy}, {bathroom}]
       v 1: preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty"
            [syn: {tin}, {put up}]
       2: terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary
          today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" [syn:
          {fire}, {give notice}, {dismiss}, {give the axe}, {send
          away}, {sack}, {force out}, {give the sack}, {terminate}]
          [ant: {hire}]
       [also: {canning}, {canned}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  canning
       See {can}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "canning":
     anhydration, blast-freezing, bottling, boxing, brining, corning,
     crating, curing, dehydration, desiccation, dry-curing, drying,
     embalming, encasement, evaporation, freeze-drying, freezing,
     fuming, irradiation, jerking, marination, mummification, package,
     packaging, packing, pickling, potting, quick-freezing,
     refrigeration, salting, seasoning, smoking, stuffing, taxidermy,
     tinning