CANNED FOODS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does canned foods mean? 

• CANNED FOODS (noun)
  The noun CANNED FOODS has 1 sense:

1. food preserved by canning

  Familiarity information: CANNED FOODS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANNED FOODS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Food preserved by canning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

canned food; canned foods; canned goods; tinned goods

Hypernyms ("canned foods" is a kind of...):

food product; foodstuff (a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "canned foods"):

canned meat; tinned meat (meat preserved in a can or tin)

 Context examples 

BPA is used in many kinds of packaging for snacks and drinks, canned foods, and water bottles.

(Do Food Container Chemicals Make Us Fat?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)