beer can

See also: beercan

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  • Homophone: bacon (Jamaica)

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beer can (plural beer cans)

  1. A lightweight metallic can containing beer.
    Hypernyms: can; container
    Hyponyms: pop-top, tallboy
    Meronyms: pop-top, pull-tab
    Coordinate terms: beer bottle; milk can
    There were empty beer cans scattered about.
    Her uncle had a large beer can collection showing a lot of regional brewing history.

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