You hate waste, laziness, injustice against the little man, and maggots in the garbage cans.
Lawson, Jonell ROSES ARE FOR THE RICH
Then he examined the heap of empty beer cans near where I told him I had found the sneaker.
Tapply, William G FOLLOW THE SHARKS
All related terms of 'cans'
can
You use can when you are mentioning a quality or fact about something which people may make use of if they want to.
canful
a container , esp for liquids, usually of thin sheet metal
Araucan
Araucanian
Faliscan
an ancient language of Italy, spoken in the area north of the Tiber . It was closely related to Latin , which displaced it before 200 bc
Mahican
a tribe or confederacy of Algonquian-speaking Native Americans, centralized formerly in the upper Hudson valley
debe
a tin
stannum
a metallic element, occurring in cassiterite , that has several allotropes ; the ordinary malleable silvery-white metal slowly changes below 13.2°C to a grey powder . It is used extensively in alloys , esp bronze and pewter , and as a noncorroding coating for steel . Symbol : Sn; atomic no: 50; atomic wt: 118.710; valency : 2 or 4; relative density : 5.75 (grey), 7.31 (white); melting pt: 231.9°C; boiling pt: 2603°C
tin
Tin is a soft silvery-white metal.
tinful
a metallic element, occurring in cassiterite , that has several allotropes ; the ordinary malleable silvery-white metal slowly changes below 13.2°C to a grey powder . It is used extensively in alloys , esp bronze and pewter , and as a noncorroding coating for steel . Symbol : Sn; atomic no: 50; atomic wt: 118.710; valency : 2 or 4; relative density : 5.75 (grey), 7.31 (white); melting pt: 231.9°C; boiling pt: 2603°C
tinning
a metallic element, occurring in cassiterite , that has several allotropes ; the ordinary malleable silvery-white metal slowly changes below 13.2°C to a grey powder . It is used extensively in alloys , esp bronze and pewter , and as a noncorroding coating for steel . Symbol : Sn; atomic no: 50; atomic wt: 118.710; valency : 2 or 4; relative density : 5.75 (grey), 7.31 (white); melting pt: 231.9°C; boiling pt: 2603°C
tin can
a metal food container , esp when empty
beer can
an aluminium can for beer
glass can
a short squat beer bottle
milk can
a container used to transport milk from farms
spray can
A spray can is a small metal container containing liquid such as paint under pressure so that it can be sprayed.
trash can
A trash can is a large round container which people put their rubbish in and which is usually kept outside their house .
petrol can
a container for carrying petrol
Sterno can
a small can of Sterno
aerosol can
a container for substances stored as aerosols , such as paint , polish , or insecticide
garbage can
A garbage can is a container that you put rubbish into.
watering can
A watering can is a container with a long spout which is used to water plants.
ashcan
a large can for ashes and trash
trashcan
a large, usually cylindrical container for rubbish , esp one used by a household
ash bin
a dustbin
dustbin
A dustbin is a large container with a lid which people put their rubbish in and which is usually kept outside their house.
jerrycan
a flat-sided can with a capacity of between 4.5 and 5 gallons used for storing or transporting liquids, esp motor fuel : originally a German design adopted by the British Army during World War II