English Explanatory Dictionary

tin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn.
  2. Iron or steel sheet metal that is coated with tin as an anticorrosion protectant.
  3. 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.
  4. A metal pan used for baking, roasting, storing food, etc.
  5. The bottom part of the front wall, which is "out" if a player strikes it with the ball.
  6. money, especially silver money.
  7. computer hardware.
adj
  1. Made of tin.
  2. Made of galvanised iron or built of corrugated iron.
  3. Made of aluminum.
verb
  1. To place into a metal can (ie. a tin; be it tin, steel, aluminum) in order to preserve.
  2. To cover with tin.
  3. To coat with solder
  4. To coat with solder, in preparation for soldering, to ensure a good solder joint
  5. 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
noun
  1. Initialism of taxpayer identification number.

Pronunciation

tĭn /tɪn/ [tʰɪn] en-us-tin.ogg En-tin.ogg

Word forms

tin tins tinning tinned

Etymology

From Middle English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-West Germanic *tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.

Synonyms

tinplate can tin can 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 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 organotin pie tin put the tin lid on it roasting tin roofing tin salt of tin snap tin snap-tin stream tin tetraethyl tin tetraethyltin tetraphenyl tin tetraphenyltin tin anniversary tin can tin chloride tin cry tin derby tin dichloride tin dioxide tin dip tin disease tin dog tin ear tin-eared tin fish tin foil tinfoil tin frame tin-glazed tin god tin hat tinhorn tin-horn tin knocker tinless tin lid tin liquor tin lizzie tin man tinman tin mine

Translations

Belarusian: бляшаны Russian: жестяной Armenian: պահածոյացնել Bulgarian: консерви́рам Bulgarian: калайди́свам Bulgarian: калайдисам Dutch: inblikken Dutch: conserveren Dutch: vertinnen Finnish: purkittaa Finnish: tölkittää Finnish: tinata French: mettre en conserve French: conserver French: étamer German: eindosen German: einmachen German: vorverzinnen Greek: κονσερβοποιώ Hungarian: konzervál Hungarian: befőz Hungarian: eltesz Hungarian: forrasztóónnal bevon Hungarian: forrasszal bevon Hungarian: forraszt Macedonian: конзерви́ра Macedonian: залемува Macedonian: леми Portuguese: enlatar Russian: консерви́ровать Spanish: enlatar Spanish: estañar
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