Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
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);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Container \Con*tain"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, contains; particularly, an
artifactual object that is designed to contain some fluid
or solid material, object or objects, especially for
convenience in transporting the contained objects.
[1913 Webster]
2. a large metallic box designed to hold many smaller boxes
or packages, and used for convenience in loading and
unloading large quantities of freight, such as on ships,
trains, or airplanes.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
container
n 1: 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)
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "container":
arena, cincture, close, confine, coop, court, courtyard, curtilage,
delimited field, enclave, enclosure, field, fold, ground, list,
pale, paling, park, pen, quad, quadrangle, square, theater, toft,
yard