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CONTENANT RETREINT [1 record]

Record 1 1999-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging in Metal
DEF

A container, whose body is reduced in size at top or bottom end or both to facilitate stacking.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages en métal
DEF

Contenant dont la partie supérieure ou inférieure, ou même les deux, a été raccourcie par l'exécution d'un ou de plusieurs rétreints.

OBS

On emploiera «contenant à rétreint» ou «contenant à rétreints» selon que ces récipients sont munis d'un ou de plusieurs rétreints.

OBS

contenant à rétreint : Équivalent formulé d'après «boîte à rétreint» figurant dans le numéro 430 d'Emballages Magazine (p. 48).

Spanish

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