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1. Recorded for broadcast
   "canned laughter";
   - transcribed
    
2. Sealed in a can or jar
   "canned foods are not very tasty";
   - tinned

1. (cooking) preserve in a can or tin
   "canned foods are not very tasty";
   - tin, put up
    
2. [N. Amer, informal] Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
   "The boss canned his secretary today";
   - displace, fire, give notice, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate

See also: preserved, recorded

Type of: keep, preserve, remove

Encyclopedia: Canned