Can
Can noun - A place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody.
Usage example: the protesters were rounded up and thrown in the can
How words are described
| full | full can | full cage |
| nice | nice can | nice cage |
| special | special can | special cage |
| similar | similar can | similar cage |
| Other adjectives: regular, original, single, empty, small, actual, entire, large, big, bottomless, huge, little, infected, bottom, ruined, final, last, literal, inescapable, giant, red, bigger, dented. | ||
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