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container noun

  /kənˈteɪnə/ , /kənˈteɪnɚ/
  • An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
  • (transportation) A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods.
 contenidor

contain verb

  /kənˈteɪn/
  • (transitive) To hold inside.
  • (transitive) To include as a part.
  • (transitive) To put constraints upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
 contenir

containment noun

  /kənˈteɪnmənt/
  • (uncountable, countable) A policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power by creating alliances with other states; especially the foreign policy strategy of the United States in the early years of the Cold War.
  • (countable) A physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive or other dangerous materials from a nuclear reactor or industrial plant.
 contenció, conteniment
  • (obsolete, uncountable, countable) Something contained.
 contingut
  • (countable, mathematics) An inclusion.
 inclusió

containing

contenidor
container ship
portacontenidors
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