[
US
/ˈtɪn/
]
[ UK /tˈɪn/ ]
[ UK /tˈɪn/ ]
VERB
- plate with tin
- prepare (a metal) for soldering or brazing by applying a thin layer of solder to the surface
-
preserve in a can or tin
tinned foods are not very tasty
NOUN
- a vessel (box, can, pan, etc.) made of tinplate and used mainly in baking
- airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
- a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
- metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour
How To Use tin In A Sentence
- A thin veil of fog had rolled in off the bay, obscuring his view and coating the area in a pale gray-white mist.
- What we do not know are the precise weighting of factors that go into why prices increase at any particular time.
- A little pyrotechnics display tacked on just serves to emphasise its lack of cutting edge. Times, Sunday Times
- She has certainly branched out into more interesting work in recent years.
- Ask for an aged standing rib roast from the forequarter, trimmed and chined; bring to room temperature before roasting.
- But they have an undeniable gentleness and elephantine beauty about them, with their hanging folds of skin and ponderous outlook on life.
- Some of the crew went off-shift, stringing up hybrid bunks and hammocks belowdecks, the others continued working.
- If we have spent several class periods introducing conventions of reasoned evidence in argumentative writing, we usually look for such features in student papers.
- In 1984, he started Oh Boy as an outlet for his songwriting.
- A specially designed speculum is used to help direct the injection into the G-spot, with effects lasting around four months. G Marks The Spot