Meaning of Canning | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. The process of preserving food by heat processing in a sealed vessel (a jar or can).
   countable, uncountable
3. A river in Alaska.
4. The practice of collecting aluminum cans or other recyclable objects; making money by collecting and selling such things.
   countable, uncountable
5. An unincorporated community in Hughes County, South Dakota, United States.
6. A civil parish in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.
7. A village in Kings County, Nova Scotia.
8. A town in Buenos Aires province, Argentina.
9. A river in Western Australia, named after George Canning.
10. A local government area in Perth, Western Australia; in full, the City of Canning.
11. A town in South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India.

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Examples

“Although aluminium can replace tin in most dry cannings, it is not satisfactory for the canning of acid fruits […]”

“Canners know when they hear the clink of a bottle going into a garbage bin.[…] CORNISH: Now, there's also this sense of loss in hearing people in the movie describe what they had been doing before canning became a way of life for them.”

““In canning, you go where you want and do what you want,” Gadsden says. “You’re your own boss.””

“But the income that many Californians rely on from canning is imperiled by a crisis for recycling centers.”

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