Container
Container noun - Any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another).
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Synonyms for Container
Shape and container are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shape" instead a noun "Container".
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Both words in one sentence
- The water is only water, it does not become the container, but it does take on the container's shape.
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Water flows wherever gravity takes it, and water takes the shape of its container.
Source: Floating Water -
This contrasts starkly with Slytherin, whose members pride themselves on their cunning and adaptability (much like water constantly shifts forms, assuming the shape of whatever container holds it).
Source: Fire/Water Juxtaposition
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