What does container mean?
Word: Container
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Container means something such as a box, jar or bottle that holds things. It is also a very large metal box for carrying goods by ship, train or lorry.
Synonyms: vessel
How do you spell container?
Syllables: con - tain - er
Tricky part: The middle is tain, with ai as in rain. Children sometimes swap the vowels and write contianer.
Watch out for: contianer, contaner
Memory tip: Rain falling into a container: rain and container share the same ai.
Container in a sentence
Example 1: Grandma keeps the mango pickle in a tall glass jar with a tight top.
Example 2: Huge cranes lifted each container onto the ship at the port.
Example 3: Rinse the yoghurt container before you put it in the recycling bin.
Fun Fact
Shipping containers became common after an American businessman, Malcom McLean, sent his first container ship to sea in 1956. Today giant ships can carry thousands of them at once.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
conntainer
a) t
b) c
c) n
d) r
Show answer
c) n. Container starts with con, which has just one n.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Mum stored the leftover soup in a steel containor and put it in the fridge.
a) leftover
b) soup
c) fridge
d) containor
Show answer
d) containor. The ending of container is er, as in teacher.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
container
a) holder
b) label
c) lid
d) spoon
Show answer
a) holder. A holder keeps things in it, just as a container does.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) buket
b) bottel
c) container
d) basckit
Show answer
c) container. The others should be bottle, basket and bucket.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Three of these are containers. Which one is not?
a) a jar
b) a broom
c) a bucket
d) a suitcase
Show answer
b) a broom
2. A container ship is built to ____.
a) take tourists on short trips
b) catch fish in deep water
c) carry large metal boxes of goods
d) break up ice in the sea
Show answer
c) carry large metal boxes of goods
