tinnoun
uk/tɪn/us/tɪn/tin noun (METAL)
C2 symbol Sn [ U ] a chemical element that is a silver-coloured metal, often combined with other metals or used to cover and protect other metals
Examples
- The country's most valuable commodities include tin and diamonds.
- Careful with that open tin - it's got a very sharp edge.
- In tin mining today, workers excavate tunnels horizontally from a vertical shaft.
- I've found a tin of beans. So far so good, but where is the opener?
- She put on some overalls and got out a tin of paint.
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Chemistry: metals & metalworking
- amalgam
- arc welding
- brass
- cast iron
- Duralumin
- ferromagnetic
- ferromagnetism
- gilt
- heavy metal
- magneto
- metallurgy
- metalwork
- pewter
- silver plate
- soldering iron
- spot-welding
- titanium
- tungsten
- weld
- welder
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tin noun (CONTAINER)
B1 [ C ] UK UK and US also can, tin can a closed metal container in which food is sold:
B1 [ C ] UK US can the contents of a tin, or the amount of something a tin contains:
B2 [ C ] UK US cookie jar a metal container with a lid used for keeping cakes or biscuits:
B2 [ C ] UK US can a cylindrical metal container with a lid used for keeping liquid substances such as paint:
[ C ] UK US pan a metal container without a lid used for cooking food in the oven:
[ C ] Australian English a closed metal container in which beer is sold:
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Preserving & storing food
- bin
- bread basket
- bread bin
- brine
- caddy
- defrost
- dried
- foil
- food technology
- freeze
- freeze-dry
- glacé
- preserve
- processed
- reconstitute
- refrigerate
- saltpetre
- souse
- Tupperware
- vacuum-packed
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