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Textual thesaurus for "can"

(noun) tin, tin can

airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.


(noun) toilet, bathroom, privy, john, lav, lavatory

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets


(noun) crapper, toilet, throne, stool, commode, pot, potty

a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination


(noun) keister, seat, rump, rear, rear end, posterior, prat, fanny, fundament, ass, behind, arse, backside, hind end, hindquarters, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, bottom, derriere, tooshie, stern, tail, tail end, tush, nates

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

he deserves a good kick in the butt; are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?


(noun) can buoy

a buoy with a round bottom and conical top


(noun) canful

the quantity contained in a can


(verb) put up, tin

preserve in a can or tin

tinned foods are not very tasty


(verb) dismiss, displace, send away, sack, terminate, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack

terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

The boss fired his secretary today; The company terminated 25% of its workers