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Definition of: canister
(kan′is·tər) noun
1. A metal case, as for tea, coffee, or spices.
2. Shot or bullets packed in a metallic cylinder, to be fired from a cannon; case shot; shrapnel. [<L canistrum basket <Gk. kanastron <kanna reed]
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