[ noun ] metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour <noun.artifact>
The day before that a tear-gas cannister exploded at the NAACP headquarters in Atlanta, injuring eight people.
The bomb, concealed in an empty cannister at a bicycle stand, only gave off sparks, police said.
Protest supporters charge the student was killed by a tear gas cannister fired by police.
This heat raises the pressure of the higher-volatility fuel. That appears to overwhelm the existing charcoal cannister in the vapor recovery system, leaving the vapor nowhere to go but to the atmosphere.