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containerware

noun

Etymology

From container + -ware.

  1. inherited from conteyner
  2. suffixed as containerware — “container + ware”

Definitions

  1. Containers collectively.

    • Two leading containerware companies, Owens-Illinois and Hazel-Atlas, and a leading noncontainer company, Corning Glass Works, uphold the Supreme Court’s decision in briefs replying to the government’s petition.
    • Sands of lesser quality, suitable for coloured containerware, are also worked at Chelford and Congleton in Cheshire, Messingham in Lincolnshire and West Lothian in Scotland, all deposits which yield primarily foundry sands.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA