SPRAY CAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spray can mean? 

• SPRAY CAN (noun)
  The noun SPRAY CAN has 1 sense:

1. a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas)

  Familiarity information: SPRAY CAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPRAY CAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

aerosol; aerosol bomb; aerosol can; aerosol container; spray can

Hypernyms ("spray can" is a kind of...):

dispenser (a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spray can"):

pepper spray (a nonlethal aerosol spray made with the pepper derivative oleoresin capiscum; used to cause temporary blindness and incapacitate an attacker; also used as a bear deterrent)