canning

noun

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

a buoy with a round bottom and conical top

the quantity contained in a can

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

verb

terminate the employment of

preserve in a can or tin

Roots

cannacann- · Latin · reed, tube, vessel ing-ing · Old English · verbal action

Synonyms for canning

picklingn bottlingv tinningn packingn refrigerationn packagingn briningn

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