Pronunciations (3)
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/tɪn/
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[tʰɪn]
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tɪn
Noun
A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn.
Usage- Uncountable
Iron or steel sheet metal that is coated with tin as an anticorrosion protectant.
Usage- Countable
- metonymically
- Uncountable
- Synonyms
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The roof was made of tin, which had been cut with tin snips.
An airtight container, made of tin-coated steel (called tinplate or tin), (formerly) tin, aluminium, or another metal, used to preserve food, or hold a liquid or some other product.
Usage- Commonwealth usage
- UK usage
- Countable
- Synonyms
- Examples
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a tin of baked beans; a tobacco tin; a tin of shoe polish
Several tins of paint were needed to paint the house.
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empty tins, cans, and plastic containers are recycled in the blue bins.
When it arrived, the train was headed by a "K" class 4-6-0 wood-burning locomotive, and a water-tank wagon next to the tender was immediately besieged by women and girls, clad in their picturesque national costume, all with empty kerosene tins for water, a scene which was re-enacted at each stop down the line.
A metal pan used for baking, roasting, storing food, etc.
Usage- Countable
- Examples
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muffin tin
roasting tin
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baking tin
And, indeed, after a tense round of rolling, shaping and filling delicate pastry dough, Rowan can’t even pull his overstuffed pies out of the tins without them bleeding and oozing fruit filling.
The bottom part of the front wall, which is "out" if a player strikes it with the ball.
Usage- Countable
money, especially silver money.
Usage- Dated
- Slang
- Uncountable
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The father is a cotton lord, and they all have loads of tin, you know
When all your tin is gone and spent, / And you've not a mag for bread or rent
computer hardware.
Usage- Slang
- Uncountable
Adjective
Made of tin.
Usage- not-comparable
Made of galvanised iron or built of corrugated iron.
Usage- not-comparable
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[I]n fact he was a big noise, literally, in the Baptist Chapel, known locally as the Tin Tab[ernacle] - whereas my family were 'church' and Uncle Ezekiel was an infidel at that.
Made of aluminum.
Usage- not-comparable
Verb
To place into a metal can (ie. a tin; be it tin, steel, aluminum) in order to preserve.
Usage- Transitive
To cover with tin.
Usage- Transitive
To coat with solder To coat with solder, in preparation for soldering, to ensure a good solder joint
Usage- Transitive
To coat with solder To coat with solder, in order to consolidate braided wire, so as to make contact with all strands and reduce fragility of the fraying wire
Usage- Transitive
Noun
a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
- Synonyms
a vessel (box, can, pan, etc.) made of tinplate and used mainly in baking
- Broader terms
metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour
- Broader terms
airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
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Verb
plate with tin
- Broader terms
preserve in a can or tin
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tinned foods are not very tasty
prepare (a metal) for soldering or brazing by applying a thin layer of solder to the surface
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