All container synonyms

noun container

• caisson — a watertight chamber open at the bottom and containing air under pressure, used to carry out construction work under water
• cask — A cask is a wooden barrel that is used for storing things, especially alcoholic drink.
• bunker — A bunker is a place, usually underground, that has been built with strong walls to protect it against heavy gunfire and bombing.
• reliquary — a repository or receptacle for relics.
• hopper — Edward, 1882–1967, U.S. painter and etcher.
• cauldron — A cauldron is a very large, round metal pot used for cooking over a fire. In stories and fairy tales, a cauldron is used by witches for their spells.
• carafe — A carafe is a glass container in which you serve water or wine.
• hod — a portable trough for carrying mortar, bricks, etc., fixed crosswise on top of a pole and carried on the shoulder.
• magnum — a large wine bottle having a capacity of two ordinary bottles or 1.5 liters (1.6 quarts).
• stein — Gertrude, 1874–1946, U.S. author in France.
• firkin — a British unit of capacity usually equal to a quarter of a barrel.
• jeroboam — the first king of the Biblical kingdom of the Hebrews in N Palestine.
• alembic — an obsolete type of retort used for distillation
• ampoule — An ampoule is a small container, usually made of glass, that contains a drug which will be injected into someone. The abbreviation amp is also used.
• ampule — An ampule is a small container, usually made of glass, that contains a drug that will be injected into someone. The abbreviation amp is also used.
• basin — A basin is a large or deep bowl that you use for holding liquids, or for mixing or storing food.
• washbasin — a large bowl or basin used for washing one's hands and face, small articles of clothing, etc.
• case — A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something.
• strongbox — a strongly made, lockable box or chest for safeguarding valuable possessions, as money, jewels, or documents.
• punnet — a small container or basket for strawberries or other fruit.
• caddy — a small container, esp for tea
• tin — taxpayer identification number.
• coffer — A coffer is a large strong chest used for storing valuable objects such as money or gold and silver.
• tea caddy — a small box, can, or chest for holding tea leaves.
• cylinder — A cylinder is an object with flat circular ends and long straight sides.
• carousel — At an airport, a carousel is a moving surface from which passengers can collect their luggage.
• cassette — A cassette is a small, flat, rectangular plastic case containing magnetic tape which is used for recording and playing back sound or film.
• cartridge — A cartridge is a metal or cardboard tube containing a bullet and an explosive substance. Cartridges are used in guns.
• drum — a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
• magazine — a publication that is issued periodically, usually bound in a paper cover, and typically contains essays, stories, poems, etc., by many writers, and often photographs and drawings, frequently specializing in a particular subject or area, as hobbies, news, or sports.
• holder — something that holds or secures: a pencil holder.
• rack — the neck portion of mutton, pork, or veal.
• casing — A casing is a substance or object that covers something and protects it.
• unit — a single thing or person.
• cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
• folder — directory
• crucible — A crucible is a pot in which metals or other substances can be melted or heated up to very high temperatures.
• frame — a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
• pocket — a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
• mold — loose, friable earth, especially when rich in organic matter and favorable to the growth of plants.
• cast — The cast of a play or film is all the people who act in it.
• form — external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
• die — When people, animals, and plants die, they stop living.
• humidor — a container or storage room for cigars or other preparations of tobacco, fitted with means for keeping the tobacco suitably moist.
• shape — Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe.
• depot — A depot is a place where large amounts of raw materials, equipment, arms, or other supplies are kept until they are needed.
• store — an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
• barrel — A barrel is a large, round container for liquids or food.
• butt — Someone's butt is their bottom.
• silo — a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.