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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Canning

	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.

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
Canning

	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]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
Canning

	canning
     See can

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Canning

	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

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