(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is someone who owns or has something.
This season the club has had 73,500 season-ticket ~s.
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2.
A ~ is a container in which you put an object, usually in order to protect it or to keep it in place.
...a toothbrush ~.
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