Container vs. Handball

Container vs. Handball — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Container and Handball

Containernoun

Someone who contains; something that contains.

Handballnoun

(uncountable) A team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team.

Containernoun

An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.

Handballnoun

(countable) The medium-sized inflated ball used in this sport.

Containernoun

(transportation) A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods.

Handballnoun

The offence of a player other than the goalkeeper touching the ball with the hand or hands on the field during play.

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Containernoun

(by extension) Someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.

Handballnoun

A sport in which players alternately strike the ball against a wall with their hand. Irish and American variants have slightly different rules.

Containernoun

(computing) A file format that can hold various types of data.

Handballnoun

The small rubber ball used in this sport.

Containernoun

(object-oriented programming) An abstract data type whose instances are collections of other objects.

Handballnoun

An act of passing a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.

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Containernoun

Any user interface component that can hold further (child) components.

Handballnoun

A schoolyard game in which a tennis ball is struck with the hand, played on a improvised court on the asphalt or pavement.

Containernoun

any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

Handballverb

To manually load or unload a container, trailer, or to otherwise manually move bulk goods (often on pallets) from one type of transport receptacle to another.

Handballverb

(soccer) To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm.

If the defender handballs in the penalty area, a penalty is awarded.

Handballverb

(Australian Rules Football) To (legally) pass a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.

Handballverb

To insert a hand into someone's anus.

Handballnoun

a small rubber ball used in the game of handball

Handballnoun

a game played in a walled court or against a single wall by two or four players who strike a rubber ball with their hands