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tin
  1. (uncountable) A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn.
  2. (New Zealand, Britain, countable) An airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food.
  3. (countable) A metal pan used for baking, roasting, etc.
  4. (squash) The bottom part of the front wall, which is "out" if a player strikes it with the ball.
  5. (slang, dated, uncountable) money
  6. (slang, uncountable) Computer hardware.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “I bought a new tin to store my cookies.”
      “Please remember to put the remaining soup in the tin before putting it in the refrigerator.”
tinfoil
  1. A thin, pliable sheet of tin or an alloy of tin and lead, used as a protective wrapping.
  2. (proscribed) aluminium foil
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “To protect what we have uncovered, we first cover the bones with tinfoil, then with strips of burlap dipped in plaster.”
      “I once barbecued a whole fillet of beef marinaded in a bottle of Jack Daniel's and enclosed in tinfoil.”
      “She had packaged the cookies in tin foil, then put the tinfoil in a plastic grocery bag so that Bridget could hang it in her cubby at school.”
tinniness
  1. The qualities of tin, particularly in the sense of being a cheap, low-quality metal.
  2. The thin, unpleasant sound of an instrument made of tin, or any tinny object used to make a sound.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Hiss is minimal and the songs have a degree of warmth to them, avoiding the tinniness that sometimes characterizes film music of the time.”
      “While one can gauge a tiny bit of tinniness in the scoring, the dialogue is always understandable and easy to hear.”
      “On the sound side, the Dolby Digital Stereo mix is decidedly high ended, but there is no shrillness, tinniness, or distortion to be found.”
tinner
  1. A tinsmith.
  2. A worker in a tin mine.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Neither the master nor the shop assistants saw anything to laugh at when the tinner had told his simple story.”
      “We lived across the street from a tin-shop, and the tinner was the justice of the peace.”
      “Generally speaking one can say that the tinner the tube, the better it moves, however, the more sensitive it is.”
tinsmith
  1. a person who makes or repairs things with tin or similar alloys
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Danny, who spent nearly twenty years in Faha, was gifted as a tinsmith and many a household has evidence of his craftsmanship.”
      “Teeling Street was allotted to arts and crafts displays and butter and boxty makers and the tinsmith.”
      “The first will house four heritage trade attractions: a blacksmith, a harness maker, a tinsmith and a textile production tradesperson.”
tinsmithing
  1. The trade of a tinsmith; making or repairing things of tin or similar alloys.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Demonstrations included quilting, decorative paper cutting, decorative stenciling, tinsmithing, woodworking, band box making, and coopering.”
      “Some of us had a chance to beat on a hickory log to make basket splints, or watch gunsmithing, cabinetry, tinsmithing, pottery, printing, and many other trades.”
      “Adams was a mechanic, and had learned the trades of shoemaking, harness-making, and tinsmithing during the days of slavery.”
tinning
tinsmithy
  1. The smithy of a tinsmith.
tinful
  1. as much as a tin will hold
tinsmithies
  1. plural of tinsmithy
tinsmiths
tinnings
tinfoils
tinfuls
  1. plural of tinful
tinners
  1. plural of tinner
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “It is to the tinners and their stannary courts that responsibility for this harsh justice lies.”
      “The floor-men are laying the floor, the tinners are tinning the roof, the masons are calling for mortar.”
      “But the tinners were under their own laws and officers, and their court, called the stannary Court, sat formerly at Lostwithiel.”
tinsful
  1. plural of tinful
tins
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