Hypertext Webster Gateway: "canned"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Can \Can\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Canned}; p. pr. &vb. n.
{Canning}.]
To preserve by putting in sealed cans [U. S.] ``Canned
meats'' --W. D. Howells.

{Canned goods}, a general name for fruit, vegetables, meat,
or fish, preserved in hermetically sealed cans.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

canned
adj 1: recorded for broadcast; "a transcribed announcement";
(`canned' is used informally as in "canned laughter")
[syn: {transcribed}]
2: sealed in a can or jar [syn: {tinned}]


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