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Signification (Anglais)

1. Someone or something which cans.
2. A large pot used for processing jars when preserving food, either in a boiling water bath or by capturing steam to elevate the pressure and temperature.
3. (US, slang) Someone who lives off container deposit refunds from recycling.
4. An animal yielding inferior meat best suited to canning.

Concepts

conserves

Synonymes

packer

preserver

Traductions

envasador

Konservenfabrikarbeiter

συσκευαστής τροφίμων

enlatador

fabricante de conservas

konserveci

Konservenarbeiter

konserve yapan kimse

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkænəɹ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: canner

In summary

From Middle English canner (“maker of cans”), originally from the noun canne and equivalent to can + -er (occupational suffix). The modern senses reflect other meanings of the suffix -er.