container
/kənˈteɪnə/ · noun
Meaning
- Someone who contains; something that contains.
- An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
- A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods.
- (by extension) Someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.
- A file format that can hold various types of data.
- An abstract data type whose instances are collections of other objects.
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