billy can

nounC1Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

A billy can is the metal pot hung over a fire to boil water. Put the billy can on, a blackened billy can, tea from the billy can.

It is Australian in origin and has a wire handle so it can hang from a stick. The soot on the outside is left alone, since it helps the heat go in.

Definitions of billy can

1nounbilly canThe metal pot hung over a fire to boil water.C1
“The billy can was boiling before the tent was up.”

billy can is a pot.

billycan comes from billy + can.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

nounC1Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

A billy can is the metal pot hung over a fire to boil water. Put the billy can on, a blackened billy can, tea from the billy can.

It is Australian in origin and has a wire handle so it can hang from a stick. The soot on the outside is left alone, since it helps the heat go in.

1nounbilly canThe metal pot hung over a fire to boil water.C1
“The billy can was boiling before the tent was up.”

billy can is a pot.

billycan comes from billy + can.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA