canned

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canned

/kænd/ Canada, US, UK
[keənd] ~ [kɛənd]
/kand/ British, Northern England, Scotland
/kæːnd/ Australia
[keːnd] ~ [kɛeːnd]
/kɛnd/ New Zealand

Sounds like band · Rhymes with -ænd

adjective

not comparable Preserved in cans. canned tomatoes
Similar: tinned
broadly, not comparable Previously prepared; not fresh or new; standardized, mass-produced, or lacking originality or customization. canned laughter
Similar: boilerplate, stock
not comparable, slang Drunk.
Similar: drunk
not comparable Terminated, fired from a job.
not comparable Cancelled or thrown away, said of a project or news article. The raider story was canned by the censor on instructions from the naval authorities.

Opposite: dried

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of can

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: tinned, recorded, transcribed, preserved, bottled, box, frozen, boxed, preserves, store-bought, axed, preserving, fired, retain, keep, predefined

adjective

Opposite: dried

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adj preserved in cans

Español	enlatado
日本語	缶詰の kanzume no, 缶の kan no
中文	罐頭的 /罐头的 guàntóu de, 罐裝的 /罐装的 guànzhuāng de
Português	enlatado
Français	en conserve, en boîte
Deutsch	konserviert, Dosen-
Italiano	in scatola
Русский	консерви́рованный konservírovannyj, в ба́нке v bánke
Tiếng Việt	đóng hộp, đóng lon

adj previously prepared

Português	enlatado
Русский	загото́вленный zagotóvlennyj, в за́писи v zápisi, запи́санный zapísannyj

adj drunk

Português	bêbado
Русский	пья́ный pʹjányj, бухо́й buxój

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@misc{canned_2026,
  title = {canned},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/canned},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}