tin
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
squash
Etymology: From Middle English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-West Germanic *tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.
Inflected forms:
form: tins
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: tins
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: tinning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: tinned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: tinned
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Iron or steel sheet metal that is coated with tin as an anticorrosion protectant.
pos: noun
tags: countable
metonymically
uncountable
examples: The roof was made of tin, which had been cut with tin snips.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: Commonwealth
UK
countable
examples: a tin of baked beans; a tobacco tin; a tin of shoe polish
Several tins of paint were needed to paint the house.
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.
gloss: A metal pan used for baking, roasting, storing food, etc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: muffin tin
roasting tin
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.
gloss: The bottom part of the front wall, which is "out" if a player strikes it with the ball.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: money, especially silver money.
pos: noun
tags: dated
slang
uncountable
examples: 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
gloss: computer hardware.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
gloss: Made of tin.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Made of galvanised iron or built of corrugated iron.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: [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.
gloss: Made of aluminum.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: To place into a metal can (ie. a tin; be it tin, steel, aluminum) in order to preserve.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To cover with tin.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To coat with solder
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To coat with solder
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Synonyms: tinnen
Related words: Babbitt metal
bronze
bell metal
cassiterite
die-casting alloy
pewter
phosphor bronze
soft solder
stann-
stanno-
stanna-
stannane
stannary
stannate
stannic
stannide
stanniferous
stannified
stannine
stannite
stannotype
stannous
stannum
white metal
Derived words: alpha tin
baking tin
beta tin
billy tin
biscuit tin
black tin
butter of tin
cake tin
detin
dibutyltin
ditin
do exactly what it says on the tin
give a tin shit
gray tin
grey tin
Indian tin
indium tin oxide
lead-tin
like a cat on a hot tin roof
mess tin
muffin tin
nontin
organotin
pie tin
put the tin lid on it
radiotin
retin
roasting tin
roofing tin
salt of tin
snap tin
snap-tin
stream tin
tetrabutyltin
tetraethyl tin
tetraethyltin
tetraphenyl tin
tetraphenyltin
tin anniversary
tin can
tin chloride
tinclad
tin cry
tin derby
tin dichloride
tin dioxide
tin dip
tin disease
tin dog
tin ear
tin-eared
tinene
tin fish
tinfoil
tin foil
tin frame
tinfree
tinful
tin-glazed
tin god
tinhat
tin hat
tin-horn
tinhorn
tin knocker
tinless
tin lid
tinlike
tin liquor
tin lizzie
tin Lizzie
tinmaker
tinman
tin man
tin mine
tinner
tinnery
tinnie
tinny
tin opener
tin ore
tin oxide
tin penny
tin pentachloride
tin pest
tinplate
tin-plate
tin plate
tin-plated
tin-plater
tin-plating
tin-pot
tin protochloride
tin pyrites
tin roof pie
tin roof sundae
tin salt
tin sandwich
tinsmith
tinsmithing
tinsmithy
tinsnips
tin snips
tin soldier
tinstone
tin tab
tintack
tin tetrachloride
tin tetraethyl
tin tetraphenyl
tintype
tinware
tin whisker
tin whistle
tin-white cobalt
tinwork
tommy tin
trialkyltin
tributyl tin
tributyltin
trimethyl tin
trimethyltin
untin
white tin
wood tin
tin bath
tin tabernacle
what it says on the tin
pre-tin
tinned dog
Translations:
lang: Belarusian
word: бляшаны
roman: bljašany
lang: Russian
word: жестяной
roman: žestjanoj
lang: Armenian
word: պահածոյացնել
roman: pahacoyacʻnel
lang: Bulgarian
word: консерви́рам
roman: konservíram
lang: Dutch
word: inblikken
lang: Dutch
word: conserveren
lang: Finnish
word: purkittaa
lang: Finnish
word: tölkittää
lang: French
word: mettre en conserve
lang: French
word: conserver
lang: German
word: eindosen
lang: German
word: einmachen
lang: Greek
word: κονσερβοποιώ
roman: konservopoió
lang: Hungarian
word: konzervál
lang: Hungarian
word: befőz
lang: Hungarian
word: eltesz
lang: Macedonian
word: конзерви́ра
roman: konzervíra
lang: Portuguese
word: enlatar
lang: Russian
word: консерви́ровать
roman: konservírovatʹ
lang: Spanish
word: enlatar
lang: Bulgarian
word: калайди́свам
roman: kalajdísvam
lang: Bulgarian
word: калайдисам
roman: kalajdisam
lang: Dutch
word: vertinnen
lang: Finnish
word: tinata
lang: French
word: étamer
lang: German
word: vorverzinnen
lang: Hungarian
word: forrasztóónnal bevon
lang: Hungarian
word: forrasszal bevon
lang: Hungarian
word: forraszt
lang: Macedonian
word: залемува
roman: zalemuva
lang: Macedonian
word: леми
roman: lemi
lang: Spanish
word: estañar