What does "tin" mean?

A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn.

What is a synonym for "tin"?

Common synonyms include: can, can, tin can, affected, apocryphal, artificial.

//tɪn// adj, noun, verb, slang

adj, noun, verb, slang ·Very common ·Middle school level

Noun

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A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn. uncountable
2
Initialism of taxpayer identification number. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"The AOTC and/or LLC cannot be claimed if the TIN is issued after the due date of the return (including extensions)."
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airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc. wordnet
4
Iron or steel sheet metal that is coated with tin as an anticorrosion protectant. countable, metonymically, uncountable
"The roof was made of tin, which had been cut with tin snips."
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metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour wordnet

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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. Commonwealth, UK, countable
"a tin of baked beans; a tobacco tin; a tin of shoe polish"
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a vessel (box, can, pan, etc.) made of tinplate and used mainly in baking wordnet
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A metal pan used for baking, roasting, storing food, etc. countable
"muffin tin"
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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 wordnet
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The bottom part of the front wall, which is "out" if a player strikes it with the ball. countable
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money, especially silver money. dated, slang, uncountable
"The father is a cotton lord, and they all have loads of tin, you know"
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computer hardware. slang, uncountable

Verb

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To place into a metal can (ie. a tin; be it tin, steel, aluminum) in order to preserve. transitive
2
prepare (a metal) for soldering or brazing by applying a thin layer of solder to the surface wordnet
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To cover with tin. transitive
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preserve in a can or tin wordnet
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To coat with solder; To coat with solder, in preparation for soldering, to ensure a good solder joint transitive

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plate with tin wordnet
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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 transitive

Adjective

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Made of tin. not-comparable
2
Made of galvanised iron or built of corrugated iron. not-comparable
"[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."
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Made of aluminum. not-comparable