Can and River

Can

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

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

River noun - A large natural stream of water (larger than a creek).

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Can and river are semantically related in penal institution topic. Sometimes you can use "Can" instead a noun "River".

Nearby Words: rive, riverside, riverine

human	human can	human river
full	full can	full river
single	single can	single river
liquid	liquid can	liquid river
Other adjectives: small, actual, entire, real, large, huge, blue, little, important, literal, local, nearby, giant.

Literally "alder river", but leppä can also mean "blood" in Savonian dialect: therefore "blood river".

Source: I Don't Like the Sound of That Place
River Song then knocks him out and handcuffs him to a pole so she can sacrifice herself instead.

Source: Martyr Without a Cause
But the Boiuna won't let them leave, and the river physically reshapes itself so they can't leave.

Source: Series / The River

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