tin

noun

1. 1

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

2. 2

   Iron or steel sheet metal that is coated with tin as an anticorrosion protectant.

   The roof was made of tin, which had been cut with tin snips.

3. 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.

   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.

4. 4

   A metal pan used for baking, roasting, storing food, etc.

   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.

5. 5

   The bottom part of the front wall, which is "out" if a player strikes it with the ball.

6. 6

   datedmoney, especially silver money.

   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

7. 7

   slangcomputer hardware.

adjective

1. 1

   Made of tin.

2. 2

   Made of galvanised iron or built of corrugated iron.

   [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.

3. 3

   Made of aluminum.

verb

1. 1

   To place into a metal can (ie. a tin; be it tin, steel, aluminum) in order to preserve.

2. 2

   To cover with tin.

3. 3

   To coat with solder To coat with solder, in preparation for soldering, to ensure a good solder joint

4. 4

   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

Forms

plural

tins

past tense

tinned

past participle

tinned

present participle

tinning

third person singular

tins