Develop a web application in java EE using only a servlet container?

I do some research about deploying web application in Javaee, and i found that an application server compatible Java EE is a web container plus EJB container. Also that Tomcat is just a web container not an application server.

In my case, i have to develop a web application, and i'm not in need of EJB components, so can i simply use a web container without an application server ? Or, i need also a server application?