name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
canning
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/ˈkæn.ɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ænɪŋ
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/ˈkænɪŋ/
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CMU ARPABET: K AE1 N IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A river in Alaska.
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name
Meaning 3
An unincorporated community in Hughes County, South Dakota, United States.
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name
Meaning 4
A civil parish in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.
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name
Meaning 5
A village in Kings County, Nova Scotia.
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Synonyms: Apple Tree Landing, Habitant Corner
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name
Meaning 6
A town in Buenos Aires province, Argentina.
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name
Meaning 7
A river in Western Australia, named after George Canning.
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name
Meaning 8
A local government area in Perth, Western Australia; in full, the City of Canning.
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name
Meaning 9
A town in South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India.
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noun
Meaning 10
The process of preserving food by heat processing in a sealed vessel (a jar or can).
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 11
The practice of collecting aluminum cans or other recyclable objects; making money by collecting and selling such things.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 12
present participle and gerund of can (“to be able to”)
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Usage: form-of, gerund, obsolete, participle, present
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verb
Meaning 13
present participle and gerund of can (“to seal in a can”)
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Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
Etymology
* The civil parish in New Brunswick is likely named after British prime minister George Canning (1770 - 1827). * The village in Nova Scotia is named after British prime minister George Canning (1770 - 1827).
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: enllaunat — preserving process
- Czech: zavařování — preserving process
- Finnish: purkittaminen — preserving process
- French: mise en conserve — preserving process
- French: mise en boîte — preserving process
- Hungarian: tartósítás — preserving process
- Hungarian: konzerválás — preserving process
- Irish: cannú — preserving process
- Korean: 통조림 (tongjorim) — preserving process
- Norwegian: hermetisering — preserving process
- Portuguese: enlatamento — preserving process
- Punjabi: ਡੱਬਾਬੰਦੀ (ḍabbābandī) — preserving process
- Spanish: enlatado — preserving process
- Spanish: conservería — preserving process
- Swedish: hermetisering — preserving process
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