Definition of Container 1. Any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) Noun Advertising & Sponsored links Advertising & Sponsored links Semanticaly linked words with "container" Hyponims for word "container" Lexical Analysis for "container" contain contain or hold; have within containerise package in a container containerize package in a container Advertising & Sponsored links Advertising & Sponsored links etymology containerboard etymology containerful etymology containerless etymology containerlike etymology containerload etymology containership etymology microcontainer etymology nanocontainer etymology vacutainer etymology container [French] etymology kontejner etymology контејнер etymology контейнер [Russian] etymology container [Swedish] etymologically related contain is derived from containers