canned goods
Definition
Noun: - Food preserved by canning: "Canned goods" refers to food items that have been processed and sealed in airtight containers, typically metal cans or glass jars, to preserve them for long-term storage.
Usage
- The term is used as a plural noun to refer collectively to food products that have undergone the canning preservation process.
- It describes the category of food, not the container itself. The container is a "can" or "jar"; the contents are the "canned goods."
Examples
Advanced Usage
- "Canned goods" as a non-count plural noun: While "goods" is plural, the phrase is often treated as a collective category. You do not typically say "a canned good" for a single item, though it is grammatically possible in specific contexts (e.g., "This soup is a reliable canned good").
- Commercial/Retail Context: The term is standard in retail, logistics, and disaster preparedness vocabulary to denote this class of preserved food products.
Variants and Related Words
- Canned food: A very close synonym, often used interchangeably with "canned goods."
- Tinned goods (chiefly British English): Equivalent to "canned goods."
- Preserves: A broader term that includes food preserved by canning, jamming, pickling, etc.
- Non-perishables: A wider category including canned goods, dried foods, and other items with a long shelf life.
Synonyms
- Preserved foods
- Tinned foods (BrE)
- Canned foods
- Shelf-stable foods (in a broader, technical context)
Related Phrases
- To can (verb): The process of preserving food in cans.
- My grandmother used to can peaches from her orchard.
- Home-canned goods: Specifically refers to food preserved by canning at home, not commercially.
- She gave us jars of her home-canned goods.
Noun
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food preserved by canning
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