3-417: A lid or cover is part of a container , and serves as the closure or seal , usually one that completely closes the object. Lids can be placed on small containers such as tubs as well as larger lids for open-head pails and drums . Some lids have a security strip or a tamper-evident band to hold the lid on securely until opening is desired or authorized. These are usually irreversible to indicate that
6-486: A plastic film heat sealed onto the container: this is often called a lidding film . The word is used metaphorically, as in "keeping the lid on the secret" and "flipped his lid". Other meanings or usages include: Every open vessel with its lid unfastened will be unclean Container Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
9-502: The container has been opened. They can be made of varying materials ranging from plastic to metal. Lids have been found on pottery dating back as far as 3100 BC . Ancient Egyptian canopic jars with lids held the organs of mummified bodies as early as 2686 BC. The coffee lid market is valued at roughly $ 180 million. An estimated 14 billion lids were sold in 2009 in the United States. Some containers such as tubs or jars now have
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