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canning¹

  • /ˈkænɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ænɪŋ

verb

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

canning²

  • /ˈkænɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ænɪŋ

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of can (“to seal in a can”)

noun cannings

  1. countable, uncountable The process of preserving food by heat processing in a sealed vessel (a jar or can). Although aluminium can replace tin in most dry cannings, it is not satisfactory for the canning of acid fruits […]
  2. countable, uncountable The practice of collecting aluminum cans or other recyclable objects; making money by collecting and selling such things. 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.

Canning³

  • /ˈkæn.ɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ænɪŋ

Where it comes from

* The civil parish in New Brunswick is likely named after British prime minister George Canning (1770 - 1827).

* The village in Nova Scotia is named after British prime minister George Canning (1770 - 1827).

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A river in Alaska.
  3. An unincorporated community in Hughes County, South Dakota, United States.
  4. A civil parish in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.
  5. A village in Kings County, Nova Scotia.

    Similar: Apple Tree Landing, Habitant Corner

  6. A town in Buenos Aires province, Argentina.
  7. A river in Western Australia, named after George Canning.
  8. A local government area in Perth, Western Australia; in full, the City of Canning.
  9. A town in South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: tinned, recorded, transcribed, preserved, cannery, preserves, conservation, preservation, viscountess, processing, bottling, tinning, conserving, pickling, preserving, jarring

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noun preserving process

Españolenlatado, conservería
한국어통조림 tongjorim
Portuguêsenlatamento
Françaismise en conserve, mise en boîte

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@misc{canning_2026,
  title = {canning},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/canning},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}