canned
adjective
[ kand ]
• (of food or drink) preserved or supplied in a sealed can.
• "canned beans"
• (of music, laughter, or applause) pre-recorded and therefore considered to be lacking in freshness and spontaneity.
• "some hotels programme their canned music in twenty-four-hour cycles"
• drunk.
can
verb
• preserve (food) in a can.
• "sardines and anchovies are worth the extra money if canned in olive oil"
• dismiss from a job.
• "he was canned because of a tiff over promotion"
Origin:
Old English canne, related to Dutch kan and German Kanne ; either of Germanic origin or from late Latin canna .
