fill a container

Frequency: 7.515.3 per million words

to put something into a container until it is full

containerVERB + noun (sense: box, bottle, etc.)

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fill

Examples (10)

  • Please fill the container with water.
  • He carefully filled the glass container with a blue chemical solution.
  • She asked me to fill the plastic container with leftover pasta.
  • Tomorrow, we will fill this large container with sand for the playground.
  • The storage container was filled with old books and photographs.
  • The first step in the recipe is filling a suitable container with lukewarm water.
  • Before sealing it, make sure you fill the airtight container completely.
  • Could you please fill this small container with soil for the new plant?
  • They had to fill every available container with fresh water before the storm hit.
  • Workers at the factory fill thousands of metal containers with product each day.