# cans

Pronunciation: say "KANZ" US/UK /ˈkænz/, AUS /ˈkæːnz/

## Noun

1. Plural of can. — plural of can
   - Simple: Plural of can. Use this form when you mean more than one can.
   - _The pantry was lined with cans of beans and tomatoes._
   - _Workers loaded thousands of cans onto the delivery truck._
3. Headphones, especially the large over-the-ear kind favored by DJs and audio engineers. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Headphones that fit over your ears so you can listen without others hearing.
   - _The engineer adjusted his cans and listened for distortion in the mix._
   - _Slip on a decent pair of cans and the background noise disappears._
4. Vulgar slang for a woman's breasts. *(slang)*
   - Simple: A rude slang word for a woman's breasts.
   - _The tabloid headline crudely referred to the actress's cans._
   - _He muttered something about her cans and earned a furious glare._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of can. — third-person singular simple present indicative of can
   - Simple: Third-person singular of can, meaning to preserve food in cans or jars. Use it with he, she, it, or a singular noun.
   - _The cannery cans thousands of pounds of salmon each season._
   - _My grandmother cans vegetables from her garden every fall._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/cans (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).