container-n; 1 Senses

Sense Number 1: box

Commentary: any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another

Examples:
Transferring the flour into the container is messy but the flour will keep much longer this way.
George carries his pencils in a plastic container in his bookbag.

Mappings:
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 1