What is can?

  • (verb): Preserve in a can or tin.
    Synonyms: tin, put up
    See also — Additional definitions below

Some articles on can:

List Of United Kingdom Locations: Ca-Cap - Ca - Can
... Coordinates (links to map photo sources) OS grid reference Can Essex 51°47′N 0°20′E / 51.79°N 00.33°E / 51.79 00.33 TL614128 Canada Hampshire 50°57′N 1°36′W / 50.95°N ...
CAN - Other
... code), a country in North America Coupe d'Afrique des Nations (CAN) or Africa Cup of Nations, an association football competition in Africa Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (IA ...

More definitions of "can":

  • (noun): A buoy with a round bottom and conical top.
    Synonyms: can buoy
  • (noun): Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
    Synonyms: tin, tin can
  • (noun): The quantity contained in a can.
    Synonyms: canful

Famous quotes containing the word can:

    The worth that worthiness should move
    Is love, that is the bow of Love.
    And love as well the foster can
    As can the mighty nobleman.
    Sweet saint, ‘tis true you worthy be,
    Yet without love nought worth to me.
    Fulke Greville (1554–1628)

    Nothing that can be can come between me and the full prospect of my hopes.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)