Definition of cans

"cans" in the noun sense

1. can, tin, tin can

airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.

2. can, canful

the quantity contained in a can

3. can, can buoy

a buoy with a round bottom and conical top

4. buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

"he deserves a good kick in the butt"

"are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

5. toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne

a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

6. toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy, bathroom

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

"cans" in the verb sense

1. can, tin, put up

preserve in a can or tin

"tinned foods are not very tasty"

2. displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate

terminate the employment of discharge from an office or position

"The boss fired his secretary today"

"The company terminated 25% of its workers"

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cans in Scrabble®

The word cans is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters cans:

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cans in Words With Friends™

The word cans is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

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Word Growth involving cans

Shorter words in cans

an can

Longer words containing cans

billycans

buccans

cancans

canst

entomostracans

glucans

glycans glycosaminoglycans

glycans proteoglycans

jerrycans

oilcans

pecans

pelicans

pemicans

pemmicans

republicans

scans molluscans

scans photoscans

scans rescans

scans scansion scansionist scansionists

scans scansion scansions

scans scintiscans

scans sidescans

thoracicans

toucans

trashcans