tin /tin/

1. A silvery-white easily fusible malleable metallic element (symbol Sn; atomic no 50)
2. A usu airtight container or vessel of tin or tin-plate, a can, etc
3. A tinful
4. A rectangular loaf of bread
5. A strip of tin along the lower boundary of the playable area of the front wall of a squash court
6. Money (slang)

1. Made of tin or tin-plate or (informal) of corrugated iron
2. Paltry (informal)

1. To coat or overlay with tin or tinfoil
2. To cover thinly with solder before soldering
3. To pack (eg food) in tins for preservation

tinˈful noun (pl tinˈfuls)

tinned adjective

1. Coated with tin
2. Preserved in a tin

tinnˈer noun

1. A tinsmith
2. A tin-miner
3. A canner

tinnˈily adverb

tinnˈiness noun

tinnˈing noun

1. Covering with tin
2. Tin mining

tinnˈy adjective (tinnˈier; tinnˈiest)

1. Like tin
2. (of sound) thin and metallic, not rounded and resonant
3. (of metal goods) cheaply and flimsily made
4. Lucky (Aust and NZ informal)

1. A mug made of tin-plate
2. A can of beer (chiefly Aust and NZ)

tin can noun

A metal container for preserving food, esp an empty one

tin fish noun (naut sl)

A torpedo

tinˈfoil noun

Tin or (now) tin-lead alloy (or aluminium) in thin sheets, eg for wrapping foodstuffs

tin god noun

1. An overbearing, dictatorial person
2. Someone or something misguidedly revered

tin hat noun (informal)

A military steel helmet

tinˈhorn noun (orig and esp US)

1. A flashy, small-time gambler
2. A pretentious but worthless person

adjective

Pretentious but inferior

tin lizzie noun (old inf, chiefly N American)

An old or decrepit motor car, esp a Model T Ford

tinˈman noun

1. A worker in tin
2. A dresser of tin ore
3. A dealer in tinware

tinˈ-opener noun

An instrument for cutting open tins of food, etc

Tin Pan Alley noun

1. Orig a nickname for 28th Street, New York, the centre of the song-publishing district
2. The popular-music-publishing district of a city
3. The realm of popular-music production

tinˈplate noun

Thin sheet iron or steel coated with tin (also adjective)

transitive verb

To coat with tinplate

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