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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