Canning

/ˈkænɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

(obsolete) present participle and gerund of can (“to be able to”).

Definitions by Sense

1. (obsolete) present participle and gerund of can (“to be able to”)
2. present participle and gerund of can (“to seal in a can”)
3. The process of preserving food by heat processing in a sealed vessel (a jar or can).
4. The practice of collecting aluminum cans or other recyclable objects; making money by collecting and selling such things.

Example Sentences

Although aluminium can replace tin in most dry cannings, it is not satisfactory for the canning of acid fruits […]

Canners know when they hear the clink of a bottle going into a garbage bin.[…] CORNISH: Now, there's also this sense of loss in hearing people in the movie describe what they had been doing before canning became a way of life for them.

“In canning, you go where you want and do what you want,” Gadsden says. “You’re your own boss.”

But the income that many Californians rely on from canning is imperiled by a crisis for recycling centers.

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• cannings

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