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DONKIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
English engineer who developed a method of preserving food by sterilizing it with heat and sealing it inside a steel container--the first tin can (1768-1855)
Synonyms:
Bryan Donkin; Donkin
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
applied scientist; engineer; technologist (a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems)
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