container

1. (transport) A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods.Examples: "Will container development merely bring about a substitution for the body of the covered wagon? Probably not, in his view, but he believes that the size and tonnage of the container are likely to increase pari passu with the lifting capacity of handling appliances."; "The specifiers of the Freightliner network had the foresight to base the rail journey on carrying ISO containers which are 8ft wide and originally 8ft tall (although now increased to a height of 9ft 6ins), with a variety of lengths."Synonyms: cargo container, shipping container

2. (by extension) Someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.broadly

3. (computing)Examples: "As the MP4 container can store audio, video, or both, the M4A naming and file extension is used to hint that this MP4 container holds solely audio information."Synonyms: container format

4. (computing)Examples: "This advantage is the primary incentive for using a list container, rather than a vector or a deque."

5. (computing)Examples: "Flex automatically creates a TabBar container at the top of the TabNavigator container, with a tab corresponding to each child container. Each tab can have its own label and icon."

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