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Definition: Spray Can |
Spray CanNoun1. A dispenser that forces a liquid out as a fine spray when a button is pressed. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Spray CanSynonyms: aerosol (n), aerosol bomb (n), aerosol can (n), aerosol container (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Spray Can |
| Specialty definitions using "spray can": ASSEMBLY INSPECTOR ♦ LOG MARKER ♦ MOLDER, AUTOMOBILE CARPETS, molder-trimmer ♦ STACKER TENDER ♦ tool clerk, TOOL-CRIB ATTENDANT. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Members of the Technical Development Laboratory staff operating a device which measures the energy required to pump a hand-powered spray can. Credit: CDC. | |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
spray can | 54 |
paint spray can | 19 |
aerosol spray can | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "spray can"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | drivmiddel for aerosoler (aerosol propellant, propellant, spray can propellant, spray propellant), drivmiddel (aerosol propellant, prime mover, propellant, spray can propellant, spray propellant), drivgas (aerosol propellant, propellant, propelling gas, spray can propellant, spray propellant), aerosoldrivmiddel (aerosol propellant, propellant, spray can propellant, spray propellant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vloeibaar drijfgas (aerosol propellant, propellant, spray can propellant, spray propellant), drijfgas in spuitbussen (aerosol propellant, propellant, spray can propellant, spray propellant), aërosoldrijfgas (aerosol propellant, propellant, spray can propellant, spray propellant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ponnekaasu (aerosol propellant, propellant, spray can propellant, spray propellant), ponneaine (aerosol propellant, propellant, spray can propellant, spray propellant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | propulseur pour aérosol (spray can propellant, spray propellant), propulseur d'aérosol (spray can propellant, spray propellant), propulseur (spray can propellant, spray propellant), fluide pulseur (spray can propellant, spray propellant), agent propulseur d'aérosol (spray can propellant, spray propellant), agent dispersant d'aérosol (spray can propellant, spray propellant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | sprühdose (aerosol, aerosol can, spray, spray bottle), Gischtbüchse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προωθητικό αεροζόλ (aerosol propellant, propellant, spray can propellant, spray propellant), προωθητικό ψεκασμού (aerosol propellant, propellant, spray can propellant, spray propellant), προωθητικά σταγονιδίων (aerosol propellant, propellant, spray can propellant, spray propellant), προωθητής σταγονιδίων (aerosol propellant, propellant, spray can propellant, spray propellant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | bombola spray. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ayspray ancay lata de spray. (various references) аэрозольный баллончик. (various references) pulverizador (aerosol, atomizer, nuance, perfume atomizer, pulverizer, spray, sprayer). (various references) sprejburk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-n-p-r-s-y" | |
-1 letter: syncarp. | |
-2 letters: canary, pyrans. | |
-3 letters: carns, carny, carps, craps, cyans, narcs, pacas, pansy, paras, prays, pyran, raspy, rayas, sacra, saran, scarp, scary, scrap, spacy, spray, yarns. | |
-4 letters: anas, ansa, arcs, cans, caps, carn, carp, cars, casa, cays, crap, cyan, naps, narc, nary, nays, paca, pacs, pans, para, pars, pays, pray, pyas, racy, raps, rasp. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-n-p-r-s-y" | |
+3 letters: pachysandra, parenchymas, pyracanthas, pyromaniacs. | |
+4 letters: cryptanalyst, hypercapnias, pachysandras, pantisocracy, transparency. | |
+5 letters: cryptanalyses, cryptanalysis, cryptanalysts, parasynthetic, pharmacognosy, postcranially. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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