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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAN-OPENER

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Can-Opener is a noun.
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WHAT DOES CAN-OPENER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

can-opener

Can opener

A can opener or tin opener is a device used to open tin cans. Although preservation of food using tin cans had been practiced since at least 1772 in the Netherlands, the first can openers were patented only in 1855 in England and in 1858 in the United States. Those openers were basically variations of a knife, and the 1855 design continues to be produced. The first can opener consisting of the now familiar sharp rotating cutting wheel, which travels around the can's ring, slicing open the lid, was invented in 1870 but people found it difficult to operate. A breakthrough came in 1925 when a second, serrated wheel was added to hold the cutting wheel on the ring of the can. This easy to use design has become one of the most popular can opener models. Around the time of World War II, several can openers were developed for military use, such as the American P-38 and P-51. These featured a robust and simple design where a folding cutting blade and absence of a handle significantly reduced the opener size. Electric can openers were introduced in the late 1950s and met with success.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE CAN-OPENER

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cheapener
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eye-opener
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Kitchener
knife-sharpener
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Synonyms and antonyms of can-opener in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «can-opener» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CAN-OPENER

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The translations of can-opener from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «can-opener» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

开罐器
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

abrelatas
570 millions of speakers

English

can-opener
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कर सकते हैं सलामी बल्लेबाज
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

فَتَّاحَة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

консервный нож
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

abridor de lata
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

করতে পারেন খুলে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ouvre-boîte
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

pembuka tin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Dosenöffner
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

缶切り
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

깡통따개
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Can-opener
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đồ khui
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மூடி திருகானி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॅन-सलामीवीर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Konserve açacağı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

apriscatole
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

otwieracz do konserw
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

консервний ключ
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

desfăcător de conserve
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανοιχτήρι για κονσέρβες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

blikoopmaker
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

burköppnare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

boksåpner
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CAN-OPENER»

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAN-OPENER»

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The Can Opener Gourmet: More Than 200 Quick and Delicious ...
A time-saving guide to gourmet meals shows readers how to extract magic from a can, with 175 recipes for everything from Curried Chicken to Artichoke Salad. Original. 75,000 first printing.
Laura Karr, 2002
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I Thought You Brought the Can Opener: And Other Tales of ...
"Hand me the can opener and I'll fix us some grub." "Can opener? I thought you packed the can opener," said Paul. "No, I packed the toilet paper. You were supposed to bring the can opener!" "That reminds me. Hand me a roll, would you ?
Dan Rodgers, 2005
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Pediatric Cataract Surgery: Techniques, Complications, and ...
A can-opener anterior capsulotomy has also been proposed by some investigators as an alternative to the manual CCC technique. A. A can-opener capsulotomy is illustrated. A bent- needle cvstotome is used to make jagged punctures in the ...
M. Edward Wilson, Rupal H. Trivedi, Suresh K. Pandey, 2005
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Contemporary Precalculus: A Graphing Approach
EXAMPLE. 14. A factory that makes can openers has fixed costs (for building, fixtures, machinery, etc.) of $26,000. The variable cost (materials and labor) for making one can opener is $2.75. (a) Find the cost equation that gives the total cost ...
Thomas Hungerford, Douglas Shaw, 2008
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Ten Cans: Are You an Opener?
21 Can Opener 1: My Biggest Asset: My Little Dependents (“. . . and Four to Go”) 29 Can Opener 2: Our Biggest Commitment: Relationships (Not All Will Sleep, but All Will Be Changed) 39 Can Opener 3: My Greatest Gift:Better Me (Bless Your ...
Dale Henry, 2007
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A Physicalist Manifesto: Thoroughly Modern Materialism
and, second, it reveals realization physicalism's thoroughly a posteriori character. To get an intuitive grasp of what realizationism claims about the world, consider a humble can opener. Surely there is some good sense in which a can opener ...
Andrew Melnyk, 2003
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Objective Economics: How Ayn Rand's Philosophy Changes ...
Acme charges an average price of $100 per can opener, the average cost of each can opener is $80, and Acme sells an average of 1000 can openers each month. Thus, Acme has a profit per can opener of $20 and total profits of $20,000 per ...
M. Northrup Buechner, 2011
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Target Costing: Market Driven Product Design
Let us assume that $20.00 is the price that this market segment is willing to pay for the can opener. {The buyer utilities were significantly lower — or zero — for any higher prices.) If we distribute that $20.00 according to the importance of each ...
M. Bradford Clifton, Wesley P. Townsend, Henry M.B. Bird, 2003
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The Nursing Mother's Guide to Weaning: How to Bring ...
With each method, you should begin by washing all of the supplies — bottles, nipples, caps, rings, can opener, and measuring and mixing utensils — in hot, soapy water. For ready-to-feed formula, sterilize the equipment according to the ...
Kathleen Huggins, Linda Ziedrich, 2007
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Encyclopedia of Kitchen History
The original can opener was a hammer and chisel, followed by awkward, sharp- pointed metal flanges attached to a knobbed wooden handle. The types of patented opening devices varied from bladed steel gouges, forked sardine-can ...
Mary Ellen Snodgrass, 2004

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAN-OPENER»

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Scientists find evidence of 'one of the stranger animals ever to call …
... a slug covered in leaf-like scales and towering spines; Anomalocaris, resembling a cross between a lobster and a can-opener; Nectocaris, ... «Business Insider, Jun 15»
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Massive Spikes, Neck Tentacles, and Two Mouths: Hallucigenia …
... period] Burgess Shale, like Anomalocaris, which grew up to a meter long, and looks sort of like a lobster crossed with a can-opener. There's a ... «Motherboard, Jun 15»
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Tractor trailer truck hits Water Street bridge in Augusta
Notorious 'can-opener' train overpass claims another truck Tuesday morning and slowed the morning commute. By Keith Edwards Staff Writer. «Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel, Jun 15»

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