canned

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ænd

Adjective

canned (not comparable)

1. Preserved in cans.

   canned tomatoes

2. (slang) Drunk.
3. Previously prepared; not fresh or new; standardized, mass produced, or lacking originality or customization.

   The form letter included a canned answer stating that what I asked was against policy.

Synonyms

• tinned
• boilerplate, stock

Derived terms

• canned laughter

Translations

preserved in cans

• Bulgarian: консервиран (bg) (konservíran)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 罐頭的, 罐头的 (zh) (guàntóu de), 罐裝的 (zh), 罐装的 (guànzhuāng de)

• Finnish: purkitettu, säilyke-, tölkki-

• French: en conserve (fr), en boîte (fr)
• German: konserviert, Dosen- (de)
• Japanese: 缶詰の (ja) (かんづめの, kanzume no), 缶の (ja) (かんの, kan no)
• Russian: консервированный (konservírovannyj), в банке (ru) (v bánke)

drunk

• Bulgarian: пиян (bg) (piján)
• Finnish: humalassa, kännissä

• Russian: пьяный (ru) (pʹjányj), бухой (ru) (buxój) (slang)

previously prepared

• Russian: заготовленный (zagotóvlennyj), в записи (ru) (v zápisi) (of music), записанный (zapísannyj) (pre-recorded)

Verb

canned

1. simple past tense and past participle of can