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Synonyms for canister
The synonym for canister recorded in this bank is receptacle, in the sense "a small sealed container for storing dry goods". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for canister
- receptaclenoun, in the sense "a small sealed container for storing dry goods"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day canister is audited in a second meaning.
a small sealed container for storing dry goods
She kept the flour in an airtight canister on the counter.
The true synonym
receptacle
Same sentence, swapped: She kept the flour in an airtight receptacle on the counter.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for canister in the sentence quoted.
- pitcher
- kettle
- urn
Where canister turns up in the game
canister is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play canister
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so canister reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. canister carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.