beer can

See also: beercan

English

Alternative forms

• beercan

Pronunciation

• Homophone: bacon (Jamaica)

Noun

beer can (plural beer cans)

1. A lightweight metallic can containing beer.

   Hypernyms: can; container

   Hyponyms: pop-top, tallboy

   Meronyms: pop-top, pull-tab

   Coordinate terms: beer bottle; milk can

   There were empty beer cans scattered about.

   Her uncle had a large beer can collection showing a lot of regional brewing history.

Derived terms

• beer-can chicken

Translations

can containing beer

• Catalan: llauna de cervesa f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 啤酒罐 (píjiǔguàn)

• Danish: øldåse c
• Finnish: oluttölkki (fi)
• German: Bierdose (de) f, Bierbüchse f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ølboks m

  Nynorsk: ølboks m

• Portuguese: lata de cerveja f
• Romanian: doză de bere f
• Russian: пивна́я ба́нка f (pivnája bánka), си́ська (ru) f (sísʹka)
• Spanish: lata de cerveza f
• Swedish: ölburk (sv) c
• Welsh: can cwrw m

See also

• church key
• cold one
• crack open
• six-pack

 

Anagrams

• carbeen, carbene