Cans {can, tin} {tin can} can be steel with tin coating on inside. Machines seal side edge and tops by folding edges and squeezing them flat. They can make 300 cans per minute.
rectangular coffin, or small jewel case {casket}.
diamond-shaped box with flat ends {coffin}, to hold dead body.
Basket {hamper, container} can keep clothes.
V-shaped shoulder troughs {hod} can carry bricks or mortar.
Hollow shape {mold, tool} can receive poured liquid plastic or metal to harden.
People can carry wicker baskets {pannier} on back.
Cooking utensils {pot, cooking}| {pan, cooking} have bottoms that stay flat, have smooth finishes, and have round corners. Sides are vertical, except for omelet and crepe pans. Handles are lightweight wood or plastic.
material
Aluminum is light and heats evenly and quickly but must be thick. Steel is hard but heats slowly and unevenly. Cast iron is heavy, heats evenly but slowly, and can season. Copper is soft and heats evenly and quickly. Copper can be only on pot bottoms. Enamelware has enamel baked onto steel. Enamelware cleans easily but can chip. Earthenware can have glaze, heats slowly, and cleans easily but chips and cracks. Glassware heats slowly and cleans easily but can chip and crack. Glass {pyroceram} does not crack even under severe temperature changes.
Closed glass containers {terrarium} can hold plants.
kindling box {tinderbox}.
cup or bowl {vessel, container}.
money box {coffer}.
money drawer {till}.
Oval infant beds {bassinet} can have legs.
clothing and supplies {layette} for newborn.
hinged-top briefcase {attaché case}.
round box {bandbox}, for small clothing items.
small bag {ditty bag}.
large cloth bag {duffel bag}.
small trunk {footlocker}, or metal or plastic case with hinged lid.
large shoulder bag {haversack}.
back pack {knapsack}.
painting or drawing case {portfolio, case}.
Leather suitcases {portmanteau} can have a middle partition and two hinged sides.
large trunk {steamer trunk}.
small suitcase {valise}.
holder {caddie, container}.
Large bottle in a casing {carboy} can hold reactive liquid.
Fish can be in a salt or fresh water container {aquarium}.
Glass serving bottle {carafe, container} can be for wine or water.
barrel {cask}.
Water boilers with spigots {samovar} can make tea. Top holds concentrated tea in a small teapot.
Tables with hot water pans {steam table} can keep food dishes warm.
covered sewage pit {cesspool}.
Bowls {chamber pot} in bedrooms allow people not to have to leave bed to urinate or defecate.
spittoon {cuspidor}.
Metal cans {spittoon} can receive spit.
Ruled glass tubes {burette} {buret} have bottom taps, for titration. Burets measure volume. One buret drop equals 0.05 milliliter.
Tubes {pipette} can have pointed end to stick in fluid and opening at other end from which to suck, for transferring small liquid amounts. Pipettes measure volume. TC pipette lets fluid run out. TD pipette is for blowing out. Transfer pipettes and volumetric pipettes force aliquot out. Pipettes include measuring pipettes, Ostwald pipettes, micropipet, and lambda pipet. One lambda equals one microliter.
Rounded glass containers {retort} can heat chemicals.
Concave stone {mortar, container} holds something to crush with a pestle.
Oval stones {pestle} can crush something in mortars.
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