From Middle English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-West Germanic *tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.
Meanings
(not-comparable) Made of tin.
(not-comparable) 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. 1939, George Orwell, Coming up for Air, London: Victor Gollancz:
de Zinn- (made of tin) · de zinnen (made of tin) · ia de latta (made of tin) · be валавя́ны (made of tin) · uk цино́вий (made of tin) · fr d'étain (made of tin) · bg калае́н (made of tin) · ia de stanno (made of tin) · sh лѝмен (made of tin) · fi tinainen (made of tin) · br staen (made of tin) · pt de lata (made of tin) · sl kositrni (made of tin) · be бляшаны (made of galvanized iron) · hu ón- (made of tin) · be алавя́ны (made of tin) · sk cínový (made of tin) · mk тенекиен (made of tin) · ru жестяной (made of galvanized iron) · pl cynowy (made of tin) · be цы́навы (made of tin) · nl tinnen (made of tin) · cs cínový (made of tin) · unm pëpuhwèsi (made of tin) · fr en étain (made of tin) · ro de cositor (made of tin) · mk калаен (made of tin) · ru оловя́нный (made of tin) · sh lìmen (made of tin) · bg тенеки́ен (made of tin) · fi peltinen (made of tin) · uk олов'я́ний (made of tin) · it di stagno (made of tin) · hu bádog- (made of tin) · hu cin- (made of tin) · pt de estanho (made of tin) · ro din cositor (made of tin)
From Middle English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-West Germanic *tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.
Meanings
(uncountable) A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn.
(countable, metonymically, uncountable) 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.
(Commonwealth, UK, countable) 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.
Several tins of paint were needed to paint the house.
a tin of baked beans; a tobacco tin; a tin of shoe polish
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. 1943 November and December, G. T. Porter, “The Lines Behind the Lines in Burma”, in Railway Magazine, page 325:
(countable) A metal pan used for baking, roasting, storing food, etc.
roasting tin
muffin 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. 2023 October 28, Ashlie D. Stevens, ““Great British Bake Off” shocks viewers with a dramatic double-elimination round”, in Salon:
(countable) The bottom part of the front wall, which is "out" if a player strikes it with the ball.
(dated, slang, uncountable) money, especially silver money.
When all your tin is gone and spent, / And you've not a mag for bread or rent 1861, Philip William Perfitt, The Pathfinder, page 377:
The father is a cotton lord, and they all have loads of tin, you know 1844, Benjamin Disraeli, Coningsby:
From Middle English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-West Germanic *tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.
Meanings
(transitive) To place into a metal can (ie. a tin; be it tin, steel, aluminum) in order to preserve.
(transitive) To cover with tin.
(transitive) To coat with solder ▸ To coat with solder, in preparation for soldering, to ensure a good solder joint
(transitive) 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
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wet (to prepare for soldering) · bottle (to preserve) · can (to preserve) · bronze · flux (to prepare for soldering)
el κονσερβοποιώ (to place into a tin in order to preserve) · bg калайдисам (to coat with solder) · hu bádoggal bevon (to cover with tin) · bg калайди́свам (to coat with solder) · fr étamer (to cover with tin) · mk залемува (to coat with solder) · pl bielić (to cover with tin) · ota قالایلامق (to cover with tin) · el γανώνω (to cover with tin) · pt enlatar (to place into a tin in order to preserve) · es enlatar (to place into a tin in order to preserve) · mk конзерви́ра (to place into a tin in order to preserve) · fi tinata (to coat with solder) · nl vertinnen (to coat with solder) · nl conserveren (to place into a tin in order to preserve) · hy պահածոյացնել (to place into a tin in order to preserve) · pl cynować (to cover with tin) · de vorverzinnen (to coat with solder) · nl vertinnen (to cover with tin) · fr mettre en conserve (to place into a tin in order to preserve) · bg калайди́свам (to cover with tin) · hu ónoz (to cover with tin) · de verzinnen (to cover with tin) · nl inblikken (to place into a tin in order to preserve) · tr kalaylamak (to cover with tin) · ro cositori (to cover with tin) · es estañar (to coat with solder) · es estañar (to cover with tin) · hu forraszt (to coat with solder) · de eindosen (to place into a tin in order to preserve) · fi tinata (to cover with tin) · ru луди́ть (to cover with tin) · hu konzervál (to place into a tin in order to preserve) · de einmachen (to place into a tin in order to preserve) · ru полуди́ть (to cover with tin) · fi purkittaa (to place into a tin in order to preserve) · hu forrasztóónnal bevon (to coat with solder) · fi tölkittää (to place into a tin in order to preserve) · mk калаисува (to cover with tin) · mk леми (to coat with solder) · pt estanhar (to cover with tin) · fr étamer (to coat with solder) · bg консерви́рам (to place into a tin in order to preserve) · ru консерви́ровать (to place into a tin in order to preserve) · fr conserver (to place into a tin in order to preserve) · hu forrasszal bevon (to coat with solder) · hu eltesz (to place into a tin in order to preserve) · bg калайдисам (to cover with tin) · hu befőz (to place into a tin in order to preserve)