Definitions for Canning

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Canning can·ning

Spelling: [kan-ing]

IPA: /ˈkæn ɪŋ/

Canning is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 61 anagrams from letters in Canning (acginnn).

Definitions for Canning

noun

1. the act, process, or business of preserving cooked food by sealing in cans or jars.
2. Charles John, 1st Earl, 1812–62, British statesman: governor general of India 1856–62.
3. his father, George, 1770–1827, British statesman: prime minister 1827.
4. Sir Stratford, Stratford de Redcliffe, 1st Viscount.
5. a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
6. a receptacle for garbage, ashes, etc.:
7. a bucket, pail, or other container for holding or carrying liquids:
8. a drinking cup; tankard.
9. a metal or plastic container for holding film on cores or reels.
10. Slang: Usually Vulgar. toilet; bathroom.
11. Slang. jail:
12. Slang: Sometimes Vulgar. buttocks.
13. cans, Slang. a set of headphones designed to cover the ears. Compare earbuds.
14. Military Slang. a depth charge. a destroyer.

Idioms

1. carry the can, British and Canadian Slang. to take the responsibility.
2. in the can, recorded on film; completed:

auxiliary verb

1. to be able to; have the ability, power, or skill to:
2. to know how to:
3. to have the power or means to:
4. to have the right or qualifications to:
5. may; have permission to:
6. to have the possibility:

verb (used with object)

1. to preserve by sealing in a can, jar, etc.
2. Slang. to dismiss; fire.
3. Slang. to throw (something) away.
4. Slang. to put a stop to:
5. to record, as on film or tape.

verb (used with or without object)

1. Obsolete. to know.

Origin of Canning

An Americanism dating back to 1870-75; can² + -ing¹

Examples for Canning

"Be careful not to hurt it," said canning Forbes, sarcastically.

Proceed with the remainder of the process as in canning peaches.

In canning he found, or rather projected, “a genius, almost a universal one, an orator, a wit, a poet, a statesman.”

The canning case does not represent a constitutional crisis.

Twenty-five years later, of course, canning Jobs seems like obvious folly.

But if I had been doing something unauthorized, that would have given people grounds for canning me.

Brumsey's last despatch is the finest state-paper since the days of canning!'

Any edible mushroom can easily be kept for winter use by canning.

Get it ready for canning by husking it and removing the silk.

You can get anything into prison with a canning machine and a labeler.