CAN


Meaning of CAN in English

noun ⇨ See also ↑ tin

ADJECTIVE

▪ aluminium/aluminum , metal , tin

▪ empty

▪ 8 oz , 300 g , 250 ml , etc.

a 200 g ~ of tuna

▪ food

The floor was littered with empty food ~s.

▪ beer , Coke™ , pop ( AmE ), soda ( AmE )

▪ soup , tuna , etc.

▪ gas ( AmE ), jerry , oil , petrol ( BrE )

▪ paint

▪ garbage , trash (both AmE )

▪ watering

We keep the hoses and watering ~s in the shed at the end of the garden.

▪ aerosol , spray

VERB + CAN

▪ come in

This type of milk comes in a ~.

▪ open

We opened a ~ of sardines for lunch.

▪ drain , empty

She drained her ~ of beer and threw it away.

He emptied a ~ of beans into the pan.

▪ drink , sip

▪ drink from , sip at , sip from

She sipped from a ~ of Coke.

▪ fill

He filled a ~ with water from the pump.

▪ recycle

CAN + NOUN

▪ opener (usually can-opener ) ( esp. AmE )

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the ~

▪ ~ of

~s of oil

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .