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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. tin, container; slang, jail; slang, toilet. See receptacle, prison, cleanness.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A container]

Syn. tin, tin can, canister, receptacle, package, jar, bottle, bucket, pail, vessel; no. 1 can, no. 2 can, etc.; see also container .

2. [*Jail]

Syn. prison, penitentiary, stir*; see jail .

3. [*A toilet]

Syn. lavatory, restroom, washroom; see toilet 2 .

4. [*The buttocks]

Syn. seat, backside, posterior; see rump .

v.

1. [To preserve]

Syn. bottle, put up, keep; see preserve 3 .

2. [*To discharge]

Syn. fire, expel, let go; see dismiss 2 .

3. [*To stop]

Syn. cease, halt, put a stop to; see stop 2 .

4. [To be able]

Syn. could, may, be capable of, be able to, know how to, be equal to, be up to, lie in one's power, be within one's area, be within one's control, manage, can do, take care of, make it*, make the grade*, make out*, cut the mustard*, cut it*, hack it*.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

container, receptacle, vessel, tin.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun Slang. A place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention: brig, house of correction, jail, keep, penitentiary, prison. Informal: lockup, pen3. Slang: big house, clink, cooler, coop, hoosegow, joint, jug, pokey1, slammer, stir2. Chiefly Regional: calaboose. See FREE. II verb 1. To prepare (food) for storage and future use: conserve, preserve, put up. See KEEP. 2. Slang. To end the employment or service of: cashier, discharge, dismiss, drop, release, terminate. Informal: ax, fire, pink-slip. Slang: boot1, bounce, sack1. Idioms: give someone his or her walking papers, give someone the ax, give someone the gate, give someone the pink slip, let go, show someone the door. See KEEP.