can vs urn

can

noun
  • A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium, but sometimes of plastic, and with a carrying handle over the top. 

  • An ounce (or sometimes, two ounces) of marijuana. 

  • A protective cover for the fuel element in a nuclear reactor. 

  • Jail or prison. 

  • A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can). 

  • Buttocks. 

  • Headphones. 

  • A cube-shaped buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark 

  • A chimney pot. 

  • A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish. 

  • An E-meter used in Scientology auditing. 

verb
  • To have the potential to; be possible. 

  • To cover (the fuel element in a nuclear reactor) with a protective cover. 

  • Used with verbs of perception. 

  • May; to be permitted or enabled to. 

  • To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.). 

  • To fire or dismiss an employee. 

  • To shut up. 

  • To know how to; to be able to. 

  • To seal in a can. 

  • To hole the ball. 

  • To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can. 

  • The boss canned him for speaking out. 

urn

noun
  • A metal vessel for serving tea or coffee. 

  • A vase with a footed base. 

  • A vessel for the ashes or cremains of a deceased person. 

  • Any place of burial; the grave. 

  • A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca. 

  • A measure of capacity for liquids, containing about three gallons and a half, wine measure. It was half the amphora, and four times the congius. 

verb
  • To place in an urn. 

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