container

About 8.94 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Someone who contains; something that contains. An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
2. noun An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
3. noun A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods.
4. noun (Can we verify this sense?) Someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.
5. noun A file format that can hold various types of data.
6. noun A file format that can hold various types of data.
7. noun An abstract data type whose instances are collections of other objects.
8. noun Any user interface component that can hold further (child) components.

Similar words

reservoir enclosure containment containing contain storehouse packaging trailer package packing

Often followed by

and of for is with in to or that

Word family

containerless containers