Can
Can verb - To let go from office, service, or employment.
Tape
Tape verb - Fasten or attach with tape.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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One early episode contained a subversion by showing a situation when using duct tape is not a good idea-Red uses Harold to show how you can use duct tape to shave your legs.
Source: Duct Tape for Everything -
Broken Faceplate: Mark's helmet visor gets cracked; he has to try to hold it together with duct tape until he can swap it for one of the Hab's extra helmets.
Source: Film / The Martian -
The awesome supercomputing power available in Biq allows simulations so extensive that they can predict the future to an arbitrary level of detail; thus, the tape is perfectly tailored so that the main characters can have a natural conversation with it.
Source: The Tape Knew You Would Say That
Cite this Source
Tape and Can. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/can/tape
Can & Tape. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/can/tape>.
Tape or Can. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/can/tape.
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