Phrase Hound found 29 phrases and 84 compound words that contain cans. The most common are listed below. Open cans in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 29
- cans of cornplural of can of corn: An easily caught fly ball.
- cans of wormsplural of can of worms: A complex, troublesome situation, which produces (or whose resolution will produce) many problems.
- can-cansplural of can-can: A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France.
- garbage cansplural of garbage can: A receptacle, usually roughly cylindrical and wider at the top than at the bottom, which serves as a place to discard waste materials.
- jerry cansplural of jerry can: A robust container for fuel or water, of a certain more or less rectangular shape, often made from pressed steel.
- tin cansplural of tin can: A container, usually cylindrical, made out of sheet metal coated with tin, or (by extension) aluminum.
- trash cansplural of trash can: A receptacle which serves as a place to discard waste materials.
- water cansplural of water can: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see water, can.
- beer cansplural of beer can: A lightweight metallic can containing beer.
- billy-cansplural of billy-can: A lightweight pot for cooking or boiling water, used in camping.
- gas cansplural of gas can: A container for conveniently storing, carrying, and dispensing gasoline; sometimes a metal can and often a plastic one.
- GI cansplural of GI can: A galvanized trash can.
- milk cansplural of milk can: A tall, conical or cylindrical container for the transportation of milk.
- oil cansplural of oil can: A container with a long spout, for holding oil and delivering it in drops or small quantities for lubrication.
- sea cansplural of sea can: A kind of shipping container.
- spray cansplural of spray can: A pressurized canister that ejects its contents from a nozzle when a button is pressed; used for paint, cosmetics, lubricants, insecticide etc.
- tomato cansplural of tomato can: An inferior fighter in the sport of boxing. The insinuation is that an up-and-coming fighter takes on a "tomato can" to burnish his reputation and record.
- chimney cansplural of chimney can: chimney pot
- aerosol cansplural of aerosol can: A canister whose pressurized contents may be released as an aerosol when a button is pressed.
- watering cansplural of watering can: A utensil for watering plants, consisting of a container with a handle and long spout, the spout sometimes being fitted with a perforated nozzle.
- booze cansplural of booze can: A nightclub or bar, especially one which operates illegally or is otherwise disreputable.
- rattle cansplural of rattle can: A pressurized canister that ejects its contents from a nozzle when a button is pressed; used for paint, cosmetics, lubricants, insecticide etc.
- hot water cansplural of hot water can: A can (often with a spout and handle) filled with hot water, used to warm a room, to keep one's feet warm, or to supply water for such things as shaving, washing, etc.
- Obama-cansplural of Obama-can: A member of the U.S. Republican Party who supports or supported the election of Barack Obama as president.
- lading-cansplural of lading-can: A tin can (containing two or three quarts) used for taking hot water out of a boiler.
Compound words 84
- Wiccansplural of Wiccan: Of or pertaining to the neo-pagan religion of Wicca.
- Franciscansplural of Franciscan: A friar of the religious order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in 1209, now known as the Order of the Friars Minor.
- Dominicansplural of Dominican: A native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic or a descendant thereof.
- CansecoA surname from Spanish.
- Duncansplural of Duncan: A male given name from Scottish Gaelic anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Donnchadh; the name of two early saints and of two kings of Scotland.
- toucansplural of toucan: Any of various neotropical frugivorous birds from the family Ramphastidae, with a large colorful beak.
- glycansplural of glycan: Any polysaccharide or oligosaccharide, especially one that is part of a glycoprotein or glycolipid.
- volcansplural of volcan: A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.
- trashcansplural of trashcan: A receptacle which serves as a place to discard waste materials.
- Meccansplural of Meccan: Of, or from, Mecca