Pronunciation
How to pronounce “container”
“container” is pronounced /kənteɪnɚ/ — 3 syllables.
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container
/kənteɪnɚ/
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3 syllables. Stress the 'tain' part (say it longer and louder) and let the others relax — unstressed vowels often soften to a lazy /ə/.Meaning
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)
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