ical substance, especially
one that bursts when it is fired from a gun or thrown : tear-gas canisters
# # 3 a flat
round metal container used for storing
film ( a film canister
can ker /'kaer)ka(r)/ noun 1 [u] a disease
that destroys the wood of plants and trees ( ,
2 [U] a disease that causes sore areas in the ears of
animals, especially dogs and cats ( ft ^ <ff $1 fP , 'M, 3 [C] (literary) an evil or dangerous
influence that spreads and
affects people’s behaviour
() Mm, m
'canker
sore noun {NAmE) = mouth ulcer can-na-bis /'kaenabis/ noun [U] a drug made
from the dried leaves and flowers or resin of the hemp plant, which is smoked or eaten and which
gives the user a feeling of being relaxed. Use of the drug is illegal in many
countries.
canned /kaend/ adj. 1 (BrE also tinned) (of food preserved in a can ;
D/f [ft: canned food/soup
$1^#^ / 'MiM 2 ~ laughter/music the sound of people
laughing or music that has been previously recorded and used in television and
radio programmes (
can-nel-lini bean /.kaena'liini bi:n/ noun (from Italian) a type of curved
whitish bean % g ; ASM
cannelloni /.kaena'launi; NAmE -'louni/ noun [U] (from Italian) large tubes of pasta filled with meat or
cheese
ftAfjAEfg (mim) #
cannery /'kaenari/ noun {pi. -ies) a factory where food
is put into cans
can ni bal /'kaembl/ noun 1 a person who eats
human flesh -ft A # : a
tribe of cannibals ff
A oft ^ 2 an
animal that eats the flesh
of other animals of the same kind |W] #
1$ zft ►
can ni bal
ism /'kaembalizam/
noun [U]: to practise
cannibalism iti ft |W] can-ni-bal-
is-tic /.kaemba'listik/ adj.
cannibalize (BrE also
-ise) /'kaembalaiz/ verb [vn] 1 to take the parts of a machine,
vehicle, etc. and use them to repair or build another
EM—) 2 {business j§) (of a company
£-f]) to reduce the sales of one of its products by introducing a similar new
product Dir iPn
) ►cannibalization, -isation /.kaembalai'zeijn; NAmE -la'z-/ noun [U] can non /'kaenan/ noun, verb
mnoun {pi. can non or can nons) 1 an old type of large
heavy gun, usually on wheels, that fires solid metal or stone balls ( W105$ )
A ;f& — see also loose cannon, water cannon 2 an automatic gun
that is fired from an aircraft ( ~T$#l±
a verb [V +adv./prep.] to hit sb/sth with a lot of force while you are
moving Mia; ®£ia: He ran around the corner, cannoning into a
group of kids.
can non ade /.kaena'neid/ noun a continuous
firing of large guns
can-non-ball /'kaenanbd:1/ noun a large metal or
stone ball that is fired from a cannon ( frj )
*m,
'cannon
fodder noun [U] soldiers who
are thought of not as people whose lives are important, but as material to be
used up in war MM can not 0-w /'kaenDt; NAmE -na:t/
= can not : I cannot believe the
price of the tickets!
can-nula /'kaenjula/ noun {pi. can-nulae /-li:/ or cannulas) {medical @1) a thin tube that is put into a vein or other part of the body, for
example to give sb medicine
(m) mm,
mm
can-nu-late /'kaenjuleit/ verb [VN] {medical M) to put a thin tube
into a part of sb’s body H T
► can nu-la-tion /.kaenju'leijn/ noun [U]