Definition of container clarified as any receptacle or enclosure used to store or transport goods, affecting classification and packaging law. Definition of container as any receptacle, enclosure or flexible covering used to hold, restrain, enclose, store or transport goods, including large reusable enclosures for consolidating shipments in intermodal transport; emphasis on functional scope-containment and transport-rather than a single physical form, for use in classification, packaging, shipping and regulatory interpretation.