Can you distinguish silver from tin?
Source: tatoeba (18461)
Tin
/tɪn/
Synonyms for "tin" (157 found)
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Closest matches (32)
Strong matches (47)
Related words (78)
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Verb(1 words)
put up
Adjective(1 words)
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More general
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
More specific
6 entriesdrink canelectroplating with tinfood cangray tinhot dip tinningwhite tin
Collocations
9 entriesInflections
4 entriesDerivations
7 entriesTranslations
32 translations across 13 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- պահածոյացնել verb (to place into a tin in order to preserve)
Belarusian
1 entries- бляшаны adj (made of galvanized iron)
Bulgarian
3 entries- калайди́свам verb (to coat with solder)
- калайдисам verb (to coat with solder)
- консерви́рам verb (to place into a tin in order to preserve)
Dutch
3 entries- conserveren verb (to place into a tin in order to preserve)
- inblikken verb (to place into a tin in order to preserve)
- vertinnen verb (to coat with solder)
Finnish
3 entries- purkittaa verb (to place into a tin in order to preserve)
- tinata verb (to coat with solder)
- tölkittää verb (to place into a tin in order to preserve)
French
3 entries- conserver verb (to place into a tin in order to preserve)
- mettre en conserve verb (to place into a tin in order to preserve)
- étamer verb (to coat with solder)
German
3 entries- eindosen verb (to place into a tin in order to preserve)
- einmachen verb (to place into a tin in order to preserve)
- vorverzinnen verb (to coat with solder)
Greek
1 entries- κονσερβοποιώ verb (to place into a tin in order to preserve)
Hungarian
4 entries- befőz verb (to place into a tin in order to preserve)
- eltesz verb (to place into a tin in order to preserve)
- forrasszal bevon verb (to coat with solder)
- forraszt verb (to coat with solder)
Macedonian
3 entries- залемува verb (to coat with solder)
- конзерви́ра verb (to place into a tin in order to preserve)
- леми verb (to coat with solder)
Portuguese
1 entries- enlatar verb (to place into a tin in order to preserve)
Russian
2 entries- жестяной adj (made of galvanized iron)
- консерви́ровать verb (to place into a tin in order to preserve)
Spanish
2 entries- enlatar verb (to place into a tin in order to preserve)
- estañar verb (to coat with solder)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Then the monkey went round with a little tin cup.
Source: tatoeba (51386)
But when the monkey came back, the tin cup was always empty.
Source: tatoeba (53650)
This iron sheet is coated with tin.
Source: tatoeba (57774)
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