A demonstrator tries to catch a tear gas cannister during a protest in Tunis.
From the washingtonpost.com
What plopped into my outstretched hand instead was a small cannister in a case to attach to my belt.
From the denverpost.com
Designed for retrofitting cannister ceiling lights, the LED fixture will provide more than 30,000 hours of use.
From the sacbee.com
A tear-gas cannister set a small fire.
From the time.com
Each cannister will contain 100mg of caffeine, the same as a cup of coffee, only far less tasty we'd imagine.
From the guardian.co.uk
A prototestor runs as another throws a tear gas cannister back at police lines near Tahrir Square on November 22, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt.
From the metro.co.uk
The road was closed for several hours as crews worked to cool a propane gas cannister inside the single-storey outbuilding.
From the expressandstar.com
The missiles were launched from an elevated launcher, with the missile ejected from its cannister for about 13 seconds of solid rocket booster flight.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Osama el-Ghazi Harb, a prominent Egyptian writer, held aloft an empty tear gas cannister that only minutes earlier had been fired at him and several hundred other protesters.
From the washingtonpost.com
This clip, allegedly filmed yesterday, shows a police officer casually throwing a teargas cannister into a house, with no sign of any threat present, as he walks away with colleagues.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
Canister: metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour
A basket or other small vessel used to carry objects, also used when referring to an early artillery shell that would launch smaller projectiles from within, e.g., "Anne had a little cannister that she used to house her extra buttons."