noun:a container with a lid that is used for keeping dry products
noun:an often cylindrical container for holding a usually specified object or substance
Examples
a flour/sugar/tea 'canister'
tear gas 'canisters'
a film 'canister'
Movie quotes
(..) call it Anti-seed. Plant one and watch the thing die. We are down units of gasoline,... ... canisters of nitro,... ... assault bikes,... ... pursuit vehicles. My deficit mounts. And now, sir,... ...you, have us stuck (..)