containerize

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verb

To transport (cargo) in large, standard containers.

Similar
containerise
OriginEnglish container ← Middle English conteiner ← Old French contenir →
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Meanings

verbcontainerize (third-person singular simple present containerizes, present participle containerizing, simple past and past participle containerized)

present singular third person containerizes · participle present containerizing · participle past containerized · past containerized

  1. transitiveTo transport (cargo) in large, standard containers.
  2. transitiveTo modify (a ship or industry) to use such containers.
  3. transitivecomputingTo run an application in a software container.

    1. First and foremost, containerize or dockerize the Spring Boot app using a Dockerfile.

    2017, Ajitesh Shukla, Building Web Apps with Spring 5 and Angular, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 115

Synonyms & antonyms

verbpackage in a container

Similar
containerise
Broader
pack

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ten-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*tn̥eh₁yéti
  8. Proto-Italic*tenēō
  9. Latinteneō
  10. Latincontineō
  11. Latincontinēre
  12. Old Frenchcontenir
  13. Middle Englishconteinen
  14. Middle Englishconteiner
  15. Englishcontainer
  16. Englishcontainerize

From container + -ize.

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Translations

Catalan contenitzar
  • contenitzarto transport cargo in large, standard containers
French conteneuriser
  • conteneuriser(computing) to run an application in a container
Polish przetransportowywać w kontenerach, przetransportować w kontenerach
  • przetransportowywać w kontenerachto transport cargo in large, standard containers
  • przetransportować w kontenerachto transport cargo in large, standard containers
  • dostosowywać do użycia kontenerówto modify a ship or industry to use such containers
  • dostosować do użycia kontenerówto modify a ship or industry to use such containers
  • konteneryzować(computing) to run an application in a container
  • skonteneryzować(computing) to run an application in a container
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APA

containerize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/containerize

MLA

“containerize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/containerize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “containerize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/containerize.

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