Tin
[tɪn]
Definition
(noun.) a vessel (box, can, pan, etc.) made of tinplate and used mainly in baking.
(noun.) 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.
(verb.) prepare (a metal) for soldering or brazing by applying a thin layer of solder to the surface.
(verb.) plate with tin.
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Definition
(n.) An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft white crystalline metal, malleable at ordinary temperatures, but brittle when heated. It is not easily oxidized in the air, and is used chiefly to coat iron to protect it from rusting, in the form of tin foil with mercury to form the reflective surface of mirrors, and in solder, bronze, speculum metal, and other alloys. Its compounds are designated as stannous, or stannic. Symbol Sn (Stannum). Atomic weight 117.4.
(n.) Thin plates of iron covered with tin; tin plate.
(n.) Money.
(v. t.) To cover with tin or tinned iron, or to overlay with tin foil.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [Colloquial.] Tin-plate, tinned iron, white iron.
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Definition
n. a silvery-white non-elastic easily fusible and malleable metal: (slang) money: a vessel of tin a can &c.—adj. made of tin.—v.t. to cover or overlay with tin or tinfoil: to pack in tins:—pr.p. tin′ning; pa.t. and pa.p. tinned.—ns. Tin′man Tin′ner a tinsmith; Tin′ning the art of coating with tin or of repairing tin-ware: the act of packing in tin cans for preservation.—adj. Tin′ny like tin.—n. a small vessel of tin.—ns. Tin′-plate thin sheet-iron coated with tin; Tin′-smith a manufacturer of tin vessels: a worker in tin: a dealer in tin-ware; Tin′-type a ferrotype; Tin′-ware articles made of tin.—ns.pl. Tin′witts dressed tin ore containing pyrites &c.; Tin′-works works for working tin.
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Examples
- She has joined the two chains, and has fastened them to the hasp in the tin case. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- One day Edison appeared with some tin-foil and four or five yards of fine wire. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He made experiments, and at last succeeded in rendering the copper negatively electrical by the use of small pieces of tin, zinc, or iron nails. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In waste and uninclosed lands, any person who discovers a tin mine may mark out its limits to a certain extent, which is called bounding a mine. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Valuable metallic ores, such as those of gold, platinum, tin, copper and iron, often occur in the form of sand or mixed with that substance. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In the ventilator should be four or six tin tubes 1/2 inch in diameter and 6 inches long. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I looked round, and there was the tin box on the shelf. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He would loan them mess tins if they did not have them. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- There were some fire-blackened empty tins in the ashes under it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- On returning to the station I passed away the time shooting at cans set on a pile of tins. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- As you know oysters are imported very largely in tins. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Machines hermetically seal the tins, and men pack them in crates and carefully weigh them over two scales. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Aymo had a basin of spaghetti with onions and tinned meat chopped up in it. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The high temperature to which they are exposed necessarily causes a loss of flavor, and it is generally remarked that tinned oysters are not a success. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- It had a steel core, with a copper ribbon wound spirally around it, and tinned to the core wire. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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