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DONKIN
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• DONKIN (noun)
The noun DONKIN has 1 sense:
1. English engineer who developed a method of preserving food by sterilizing it with heat and sealing it inside a steel container--the first tin can (1768-1855)
Familiarity information: DONKIN used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
English engineer who developed a method of preserving food by sterilizing it with heat and sealing it inside a steel container--the first tin can (1768-1855)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Bryan Donkin; Donkin
Instance hypernyms:
applied scientist; engineer; technologist (a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems)
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