container

Simple containers made from gourds being sold for use as calabash in Kenya.

Display of a woven basket from the Maya peoples of Mexico.

A corrugated fiberboard box.

A spine car with a 20 ft tank container and an open-top 20 ft intermodal shipping container with canvas cover.

A container is any receptacle or enclosure for holding a product used in storage, packaging, and transportation, including shipping. Things kept inside of a container are protected by being inside of its structure. The term is most frequently applied to devices made from materials that are durable and are usually at least partly rigid.

A container can also be considered as a basic tool, consisting of any device creating a partially or fully enclosed space that can be used to contain, store, and transport objects or materials.