| container |  | |
| 1. n. Someone who contains; something that contains. | |
| 2. n. An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported. | |
| 3. n. (transportation) A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods. | |
| 4. n. (by extension) Someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state. | |
| 5. n. (computing) A file format that can hold various types of data. | |
| 6. n. (object-oriented programming) An abstract data type whose instances are collections of other objects. | |
| 7. n. (computing, GUI) Any user interface component that can hold further (child) components. | |
