Relationships Narrower Term:  box can folder portfolio slipcase tub file n. ~ A package or housing used to hold materials; a receptacle. Notes:  Container carries the connotation that the contents can [..]

Special box to carry freight, strengthened and stackable and allowing horizontal or vertical transfers.

Any receptacle used to accumulate waste from residential, commercial and industrial sites. Containers vary in size and type according to the needs of the customer or restrictions of the community. Con [..]

mid-15c., agent noun from contain.

(1) A box, typically 10 to 40 feet long, which is primarily used for ocean freight shipments. For travel to and from ports, containers are loaded onto truck chassis or on railroad flatcars. (2) The pa [..]

A single rigid receptacle without wheels usually measuring approximately 20 feet to 53 feet long by 8 ½ feet wide and 8 feet tall that is used for the transport of goods hauled on a truck, rail car, a [..]

A container is a large, sealed standard-sized boxes used to transport goods, primarily for intermodal and international shipping.  Standard containers can be handled by shipping, rail and road transit [..]

A receptacle in which a plant or plants are grown independent of the open ground. A container can be almost anything from an antique stone urn to an old bucket. In recent years ‘containerization’ has become a popular way of growing nursery stock for replanting and resale. By this method, until they are ready for planting in their permanent position [..]

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) (containership) container ship: [..]

The standardized rectangular box, 20- or 40-feet long, used for shipping merchandize especially internationally.

Organizes and stores objects in Object Storage. Similar to the concept of a Linux directory but cannot be nested. Alternative term for an Image service container format.

a reusable steel rectangular box for carrying cargo that first came into common use about 50 years ago. The sizes of containers are standardized so that they can easily be moved between specially adap [..]

a non-self-propelled receptacle or other rigid structure for holding animals during a journey by one or several means of transport.

A box or holder designed for storing a bibliographic item, group of items, or part of an item, for example, a pull-case, slipcase, or solander. Physically separable from its contents, a container can [..]

A train, truck, airplane or ship's cargo van used to transport goods. May be refrigerated or controlled-atmosphere unit. Standard sizes 10-, 20-, 24-, 35- and 40-foot units. Also referred to as a [..]

An enclosed truck body that is usually used to hold and carry imported dimension stone into the United States.

A truck trailer body that can be detached from the chassis for loading into a vessel, a rail car or stacked in a container depot. Containers may be ventilated, insulated, refrigerated, flat rack, vehicle rack, open top, bulk liquid or equipped with interior devices. A container may be 20 feet, 40 feet, 45 feet, 48 feet or 53 feet in length, 8' [..]

  A "wrapper

A receptacle that resembles a truck trailer without wheel (chassis) that is lifted onto flat cars. Containers are designed for all modes of intermodal transport. Most containers are 20, 45, 48 or 53 feet in length.

This term is associated with more than one definition: 1) anything in which goods are packed 2) a single rigid receptacle without wheels that is used for the transport of goods (a type of carrier equi [..]

A single, rigid, sealed, reusable metal box in which merchandise is shipped by vessel, truck, or rail. Container types include standard, high cube, hardtop, open top, flat, platform, ventilated, insul [..]

A large standard size metal box into which cargo is packed for shipment aboard specially configured oceangoing containerships and designed to be moved with common handling equipment enabling high-speed intermodal transfers in economically large units between ships, railcars, truck chassis, and barges using a minimum of [..]

A container is a runtime instance of a docker image

Any bag, barrel, bottle, box, can, cylinder, drum, reaction vessel, storage tank, or the like that contains a hazardous chemical.

Can be seen as a kind of “virtual machine” on the host server that can run any Linux system, for example openSUSE, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. The main difference w [..]

generic term for a graphical element that has subcomponents: Windows, Panels, Frames and Dialog boxes are all types of Containers. The term container also refers to any class that holds or organises o [..]

(n) 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)

A single, rigid, non-disposable dry cargo, ventilated, insulated, reefer, flat rack, vehicle rack, or open top container; with or without wheels or bogies attached; not less than 20 feet in length; ha [..]

Steel or aluminum frame forming a box in which cargo can be stowed meeting International Standard Organization (ISO)-specified measurements, fitted with special castings on the corners for securing to lifting equipment, vessels, chassis, rail cars, or stacking on other containers. Containers come in many forms and types, including: ventilated, insu [..]

Association role between topology primitives and those of co-deminsion -2 or greater. (see OGC Abstract Specification (Topic 1) clause 7.3.10.4)

In commercial shipping, containers are used to transport goods. These are usually steel boxes that comply with the standards of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) and are the sam [..]

A truck trailer body that can be detached from the chassis for loading into a vessel, a railcar, or stacked in a container depot. Containers may be ventilated, insulated, refrigerated, flat rack, vehi [..]

A rigid, non-disposable, cargo-carrying unit, with or without wheels. Standard lengths are: 6·1 m (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit (teu)) and 12·2 m (Forty-foot Equivalent Unit (feu)): both width and heig [..]

Anything in which articles are packed.

A truck or trailer body provided with means for ready removal from and attachment to a vehicle.

A computer program composed of a framework that supports the use and interaction of independent software components.

The standard shipping unit that facilitates freight tranportation over multiple modes and through multiple transfer facilities (e.g., between containerships, railcars, and trucks) throughout the suppl [..]

A Linux container that was created from a Docker image as part of a task.

This term is associated with more than one definition: 1) anything in which goods are packed 2) a single rigid receptacle without wheels that is used for the transport of goods (a type of carrier equi [..]

An item of equipment as defined by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) for transport purposes. It must be of:

A steel box of a given measurement used for the carriage of goods, often referred to as a TEU (20ft equivalent). Can be a standard container, usually either 6m or 12m in length (20ft or 40ft), a reefe [..]

With respect to an income tax return, refers to the various portions of the return that are created systematically in line with a taxpayer's specific tax return requirements (e.g. IRP5 container, [..]

With respect to transport equipment: a) having an internal volume of not less than one (1) cubic meter; and b) designed for the transport of goods by any means of carriage, without intermediate reload [..]

 A box made of aluminum, steel or fiberglass used to transport cargo by ship, rail, truck or barge. Common dimensions are 20′ x 8’ x 8′ (called a TEU or twenty-foot equivalent unit) or 40′ x 8′ x 8′, [..]

A strong steel box of standard dimensions of 8 feet square and length of 20 feet or 40 feet, in which cargo is preloaded.

A box made of aluminum, steel or fiberglass used to transport cargo by ship, rail, truck or barge. Common dimensions are 20' x 8’ x 8' (called a TEU or twenty-foot equivalent unit) or 40' x 8' x 8', called an FEU. Variations are collapsible containers, tank containers (for liquids) and "rag tops" (open-topped cont [..]

(1) An open or enclosed structural unit designed for intermodal transport of commodities; many have standard corner fittings to secure them to highway chassis, rail cars, or ocean vessels, facilitatin [..]

(1) Designed to be moved inland on its own chassis, an ocean container can be loaded at the shipper’s plant for shipment overseas. The average outside dimensions are generally 20, 35, and 40 feet in l [..]

A steel box of a set size for transporting goods. Container ship

A rectangular metal box used to transport cargo between two or more modes of transit; i.e. truck, train, vessel or airplane. The same loaded container is transferred, eliminating the intermittent handling of cargo; also called "Multimodal." Intermodal containers may be 20 feet, 40 feet, 45 feet, 48 feet, or 53 feet in length; 8’0" or [..]

Box, in several standard sizes, designed to enable goods to be sent several places without the contents being touched.

A uniform, sealed, reusable metal "box" in which merchandise is shipped by vessel, truck, or rail. Standard lengths include 10, 20, 30, and 40 feet (40 foot lengths are generally able to hol [..]

"Box" generally in metal, with standardised dimensions, used to transport various goods, liquids or pulverulents. There are small containers (less than 20m3) and transcontainers or TCs which [..]

A container looks like a truck trailer with no wheels and is now among the most common freight shipping methods in the United States and abroad. Containers are used for intermodal shipping and come in standard sizes to ensure they fit on standard trucks, rail cars and container ships. 


A vehicle designed to transport cargo of many types in continuous transportation. It is also referred to an unit of packaging which is smaller in sense in which articles are packed.

A modern term used by the railroad for the containers or truck trailer boxes used in intermotal transport on trains, ships, and barges. As in container freight.

Container, in the context of Java development, refers to a part of the server that is responsible for managing the lifecycle of Web applications. The Web applications specify the required lifecycle ma [..]

In relation to therapeutic goods, means the vessel, bottle, tube, ampoule, syringe, vial, sachet, strip pack, blister pack, wrapper, cover or other similar article that immediately covers the goods, but does not include an article intended for ingestion

"Container" means milk and cream cans, farm milk tanks, milk tank trucks, milk storage tanks, pasteurizing vats, cheese vats, butter churns, butter tubs, cheese hoops and any other receptacl [..]

A van, flatrack, open top trailer or other similar trailer body on or into which cargo is loaded and transported without chassis aboard ocean vessels.; a large rectangular or square container/box of a [..]

In logistics, a container is a sealable, standardized cargo-carrying unit with a volume of more than three cubic meters and a loading capacity of more than five tons. Containers are used to transport different loads such as LCL, refrigerated products or bulk cargo but they can also be used for tank loads. The designations and facilities vary depend [..]

(1) object that holds other objects. (2) type of object that holds other objects. (3) template that generates types of objects that hold other objects. (4) standard library template such as vector, [..]

A group of one or more objects, including sounds, motion FX objects, and/or containers that are played according to a certain defined behavior. In Wwise, there are several different types of container [..]

A special constructed metal box for shipment of goods by sea, usually either 20 or 40 foot long.

See Unit Load Device

A container is an NDS object that stores and organizes other objects. It can represent a country, organization, or organization unit (geographic location or department).

1) A “box,” typically 10 to 40 feet long, which is primarily used for ocean freight shipments. For travel to and from ports, containers are loaded onto truck chassis or on railroad flatcars. 2) The pa [..]

Any storage unit that contains products for storage or transport.

A container looks like a truck trailer with no wheels and is now among the most common freight shipping methods in the United States and abroad. Containers are used for intermodal shipping

A truck trailer body that can be detached from the chassis for loading into a vessel, a rail car or stacked in a container depot. Containers may be ventilated, insulated, refrigerated, flat rack, vehicle rack, open top, bulk liquid or equipped with interior devices. A container may be 20 feet, 40 feet, 45 feet, 48 feet or 53 feet in length, 8' [..]

Standardised steel box (20′ or 40′ and 8 feet wide and high) used to carry cargo.

Metal box designed for the multimodal transportation of goods and of other miscellaneous items.

Unit for carrying cargo, generally fitted with lugs on brackets at each corner for lifting through specially designed equipment. It can take the form of a case, crate or tank and is specially construc [..]

Ocean-going transport container, usually quadrangular-shaped and designed for easy loading and unloading with no break-bulk during routing. Standard containers are 20, 30 or 40' long, and have a [..]

A box made of aluminum, steel or fiberglass used to transport cargo by ship, rail, truck or barge. Common dimensions are 20' x 8' x 8' (called a TEU or twenty-foot equivalent unit) or 40' x 8' x 8', called an FEU. Variations are collapsible containers, tank containers (for liquids) and "rag tops" (opentopped [..]

A large rectangular or square container/box of a strong structure that can withstand continuous rough handling from ship to shore and back. The receptacle that resembles a truck trailer without wheel (chassis) that is lifted onto flat cars and opens from one side to allow cargo to be stacked and stowed into it. Containers are designed for all modes [..]

The harness and pack that parachutes are contained in

Someone who contains; something that contains. An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported. A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods (also carg [..]

a big container made of metal

Also refered to as an intermodal container, freight container or shipping container it is a reusable transport and storage unit for moving products and raw materials between locations or countries via [..]

A standard sized box, primarily designed for the shipment of freight, for products shipped by vessel, air, truck or rail. International shipping containers are generally 20 or 40 feet long: (1) Twenty [..]