Collocations for "container"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "container" in context.
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container
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [food, drink, water, gas] container
- a container of [food]
- a [cargo, delivery, shipping] container
- a [ten, twenty] -ton container
- a [partial, full] container
- a [wooden, steel, cardboard, plastic, glass] container
- a container made of [wood]
- [load, unload, inspect, check] the container
- [empty, fill, shake] the container
- [clean, wash, wipe, sterilize, hose down] a container
- use a container to [keep, store, prevent, preserve]
- [is, are] kept in a container
- a container for (food) [storage, preservation]
- [store, keep] [them] in containers
- load the containers onto the [truck, ship]
- load the containers for [shipment, processing]
- a [full, partial] container load
- container [shipments, deliveries, shipping]
'container' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
cement
- conceal
- concealed
- copper
- drug
- dump
- duty
- examine
- excess
- fasten
- film
- filth
- flour
- full
- half
- hold
- inside
- lip
- litter
- loaded
- lumber
- mix
- mixed
- mixture
- purchase
- refill
- refuse
- rubbish
- sealed
- sewage
- shallow
- sharp
- ship
- shipping
- smuggle
- tightly
- top
- transfer
- upright
- usher
- wrench