Container Indicator Words
Container indicators tell you to put one set of letters inside another.
One piece of wordplay is wrapped around or inserted into another. Containers use the imagery of holding, enclosing, or swallowing.
“Hit band carrying medium (5)”
Answer: SMASH
Definition: Hit "band" gives a synonym, SASH "medium" abbreviates to M (the clothing size) Put M inside SASH to get SMASH
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73 words
- about
- absorb
- accommodate
- acquire
- admit
- adopt
- amid
- amidst
- among
- amongst
- around
- bear
- box
- break
- bury
- cage
- capture
- carry
- clutch
- consume
- contain
- cover
- devour
- during
- embrace
- enclose
- engulf
- enter
- fill
- flank
- frame
- get
- go
- grip
- guard
- harbour
- hold
- house
- hug
- in
- include
- inhabit
- insert
- inside
- interrupt
- into
- introduce
- invade
- keep
- lodge
- nestle
- nurse
- occupy
- outside
- penetrate
- pierce
- place
- protect
- put
- receive
- seize
- set
- shelter
- split
- surround
- swallow
- take
- trap
- tuck
- wear
- within
- without
- wrap
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