Container

• Aluminum can
  Aluminum can
  An aluminum can, or can, is a container for packaging made primarily of aluminum .They are commonly used for foods and beverages but also for products such as oil, chemicals, and other liquids. The common 12-ounce size can weighs 15 grams when empty.-Usage:Use of aluminum in cans began in 1957...
  
  
• Steel can, an airtight tinplate container for storing food and other predominantly liquid products
• Beverage can
  Beverage can
  A beverage can is a tin can designed to hold a specific portion of a beverage. Beverage cans are made of tin-plated steel or aluminium.- History :...
  
  , a can designed to hold a single serving of a beverage
• Oil can
  Oil can
  An oil can is a can that holds oil for lubricating machines. An oil can can also be used to fill oil-based lanterns...
  
  
• Canning
  Canning
  Canning is a method of preserving food in which the food contents are processed and sealed in an airtight container. Canning provides a typical shelf life ranging from one to five years, although under specific circumstances a freeze-dried canned product, such as canned, dried lentils, can last as...
  
  , a process of preserving food
• Canister
  Canister
  The term canister comes from Latin or Greek . It means:* Originally, from Greek καννα , a basket of woven reeds...
  
  

Music

• Can (band)
  Can (band)
  Can was an experimental rock band formed in Cologne, West Germany in 1968. Later labeled as one of the first "krautrock" groups, they transcended mainstream influences and incorporated strong minimalist and world music elements into their often psychedelic music.Can constructed their music largely...
  
  , an experimental rock band formed in West Germany in 1968
• Can (album)
  Can (album)
  Can, also known as Inner Space, is the eleventh studio album by Can, released in 1979. Former bassist Holger Czukay's involvement with this album is limited to tape editing...
  
  , a 1979 krautrock album

Other uses

• Cans, ISO 15924 code for Canadian Aboriginal syllabics
  Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
  Canadian Aboriginal syllabic writing, or simply syllabics, is a family of abugidas used to write a number of Aboriginal Canadian languages of the Algonquian, Inuit, and Athabaskan language families....
  
  
• Can (verb), an English modal auxiliary verb
• Slang for a toilet
  Toilet
  A toilet is a sanitation fixture used primarily for the disposal of human excrement, often found in a small room referred to as a toilet/bathroom/lavatory...
  
  
• Slang for headphones
  Headphones
  Headphones are a pair of small loudspeakers, or less commonly a single speaker, held close to a user's ears and connected to a signal source such as an audio amplifier, radio, CD player or portable Media Player. They are also known as stereophones, headsets or, colloquially, cans. The in-ear...
  
  
• Slang for Alcoholic Beverage
  Alcoholic beverage
  An alcoholic beverage is a drink containing ethanol, commonly known as alcohol. Alcoholic beverages are divided into three general classes: beers, wines, and spirits. They are legally consumed in most countries, and over 100 countries have laws regulating their production, sale, and consumption...
  
   The term 'can' entered the vernacular some time at the turn of the century. It was first used when beer was predominately drunk out of cans and drinkers would refer to a beer as a can. As glass bottles started to take over, the slang term 'can' persisted. The term 'can' has now expanded to include all alcoholic beverages.

See also

• Cannes
  Cannes
  Cannes is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera, a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a Commune of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department....
  
  , France
• Cahn (disambiguation)
• Cane (disambiguation)
  Cane (disambiguation)
  Cane are very tall perennial grasses, with flexible stalks, that grow in damp soils.Taxa of cane are:*Arundo, Old World canes*Arundinaria, New World canes*Arundo donax, Giant Cane*Arundinaria appalachiana, Hill Cane...
  
  
• Kan (disambiguation)
  KAN (disambiguation)
  KAN usually refers to Stadsregio Arnhem-Nijmegen , a metropolitan area in the Netherlands.KAN could also refer to:...