(transitive) To hold inside. / (transitive) To include as a part. / (transitive) To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.

Someone who contains; something that contains. / An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported. / (transport) A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods.

present participle of contain

(in the plural) contents

(uncountable) The state of being contained. / (uncountable, countable) The state of containing. / (obsolete, uncountable, countable) Something contained.

Restricted in space.

simple past tense and past participle of contain

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contain

Able to be contained, especially applied to viruses and similar diseases.

plural of container