Can and Enclosure

Can

Can noun - A metal container in the shape of a cylinder.

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Enclosure and can are semantically related In some cases you can use "Enclosure" instead a noun "Can".

Enclosure noun - An open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls).

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Can and enclosure are semantically related in container topic. Sometimes you can use "Can" instead a noun "Enclosure".

Nearby Words: enclose, enclosed, enclosing

full	full can	full enclosure
small	small can	small enclosure
huge	huge can	huge enclosure
little	little can	little enclosure
Other adjectives: new, different.

BJ bets Hawkeye he can prank eveyone in the camp, and as his pranks intensify and everyone but Hawkeye gets pranked, he sleeps outside within a barb wire enclosure.

Source: Series / M*A*S*H
Later on Anguirus twice battles the Russian-built super-robot MOGUERA and nearly wins both times (he is defeated, but merely sedated so he can be kept in an enclosure).

Source: Ensemble Darkhorse / Film
Tower and the Hive: At the climax of the third book, Damia's Children, Zara makes a mental connection to the captive Hiver queen, thus can tell that the temperature in her enclosure is set too low.

Source: Aborted Arc

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