tin

Plural: tins

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
• a vessel (box, can, pan, etc.) made of tinplate and used mainly in baking
• metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour
• airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
• A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn.
• An airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food, or hold a liquid or some other product.
• A metal pan used for baking, roasting, storing food, etc.
• The bottom part of the front wall, which is "out" if a player strikes it with the ball.
• money, especially silver money.
• computer hardware.

Verb

Verb Forms: tin, tinned, tinning, tins

• To coat or cover with a thin layer of tin metal.
• plate with tin
• preserve in a can or tin
  • "tinned foods are not very tasty"
• prepare (a metal) for soldering or brazing by applying a thin layer of solder to the surface
• To place into a metal can (ie. a tin; be it tin, steel, aluminum) in order to preserve.
• To cover with tin.
• To coat with solder
• To coat with solder, in preparation for soldering, to ensure a good solder joint
• 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

Adj

• Made of tin.
• Made of galvanised iron or built of corrugated iron.

Examples

• a tin of baked beans; a tobacco tin; a tin of shoe polish
• baking tin
• empty tins, cans, and plastic containers are recycled in the blue bins.
• He tried to TIN the ’I’ on the board, but no such word existed.
• muffin tin
• roasting tin
• Several tins of paint were needed to paint the house.

Synonyms

atomic number 50, can, canister, cannister, put up, Sn, tin can, tinnen

Related Words

Babbitt metal, bell metal, bronze, cassiterite, die-casting alloy, pewter, phosphor bronze, soft solder, stann-, stannane, stannary, stannate, stannic, stannide, stanniferous, stannified, stannine, stannite, stanno-, stannolite, stannotype, stannous, stannum, white metal

Anagrams of tin