Tin
noun
A strong and light, silver-gray metal often used to make cans or containers.
He opened a tin of soup for dinner.
Often appears as...
- tin can
- tin foil
noun
A container made of tin or other light metal.
He keeps his cookies in a colorful tin on the kitchen counter.
Often appears as...
- biscuit tin
- sweet tin
noun
A small amount or layer of something.
He added a tin of paint to the wall.
Often appears as...
- tin of paint
- stack of tins
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Instrumental
Colloquial
noun
A specific type of canned food.
He bought a tin of peaches at the store.
Often appears as...
- tin of fruit
- tin of beans
verb
To preserve or store in a tin or can.
The tomatoes are picked and tinned at the peak of their ripeness.
Often appears as...
- tin tomatoes
- tin peaches
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Figurative
noun
A strong and light, silver-gray metal often used to make cans or containers.
He opened a tin of soup for dinner.
Often appears as...
- tin can
- tin foil
noun
A container made of tin or other light metal.
He keeps his cookies in a colorful tin on the kitchen counter.
Often appears as...
- biscuit tin
- sweet tin
noun
A small amount or layer of something.
He added a tin of paint to the wall.
Often appears as...
- tin of paint
- stack of tins
Usage tips
Instrumental
Colloquial
noun
A specific type of canned food.
He bought a tin of peaches at the store.
Often appears as...
- tin of fruit
- tin of beans
verb
To preserve or store in a tin or can.
The tomatoes are picked and tinned at the peak of their ripeness.
Often appears as...
- tin tomatoes
- tin peaches
Usage tips
Figurative
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Material Quality
Tin is durable and lightweight, ideal for making everyday-use items.
The tin whistle has a clear sound and is easy to carry.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Pure
Items described as 'tin' might be made from a tin alloy or other metals.
The 'tin' cup is actually made from aluminum.
Pro Tip 1/2Material Quality
Tin is durable and lightweight, ideal for making everyday-use items.
The tin whistle has a clear sound and is easy to carry.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Pure
Items described as 'tin' might be made from a tin alloy or other metals.
The 'tin' cup is actually made from aluminum.
Pro Tip 1/2Material Quality
Tin is durable and lightweight, ideal for making everyday-use items.
The tin whistle has a clear sound and is easy to carry.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Pure
Items described as 'tin' might be made from a tin alloy or other metals.
The 'tin' cup is actually made from aluminum.
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Which country does the...
This is quite an important discovery, and as soon as I discovered this, I felt another index coming on. I swear that as I get older, my ideas become simpler and more and more childish. This one is called the Good Country Index, and it does exactly what it says on the tin. It measures, or at least it tries to measure,
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How Cicadas Become...
check out our show notes for pictures and even more information we also have guides to help you understand brood tin cicadas you can find out more about cicada biology and how exactly they pull off this lifestyle also check out douglas maine's article explaining why these gigantic emergencies
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How coffee got quicker PIPE...
packaging and selling pre-roasted beans. And in a moment of vision, he takes the process one step farther making his mill the world's first to grind the already roasted beans on a large scale, then pack them conveniently into small, consumer-friendly tins.
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Why is Vermeer's "Girl...
also emphasizes the worldliness of the merchant class, and the pearl itself, a symbol of wealth, is actually an exaggeration. Vermeer couldn't have afforded a real pearl of its size. It was likely just a glass or tin drop varnished to look like a pearl.
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Michael Moschen:...
as well as the fact that they protected the contents. The second influence on this piece came from recycling and looking into a tin can recycling bin and seeing all that beautiful emptiness. So, if you want to go with the music for cylinders.
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How to rebuild the world...
camera more importantly you should be able to see that we've got these hot embers at the bottom of the tin can but they're also Jets of flame coming in from those air holes and what's happening is that the wood is breaking
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What if the poor were...
it does not change aspirations. Now poor people have lived in temporary structures all their life. They go from wall to wall, moving from bricks to tin. They move from building from bamboo,
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Billy Collins: Everyday...
because the mice might get into them and start a fire. But your face was absolutely straight when you twisted the lid down on the round tin where the matches, you said, are always stowed.
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Top 5 Craftiest Animals!...
an aluminium fizzy drink can makes a lightweight home that's worth fighting for life in the macro tin isn't ideal and the local Rangers know it so they
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Hermit Crabs Use Litter...
Life in the mackerel tin isn't ideal and the local rangers know it.
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Which country does the...
This is quite an important discovery, and as soon as I discovered this, I felt another index coming on. I swear that as I get older, my ideas become simpler and more and more childish. This one is called the Good Country Index, and it does exactly what it says on the tin. It measures, or at least it tries to measure,
Video examples
How Cicadas Become...
check out our show notes for pictures and even more information we also have guides to help you understand brood tin cicadas you can find out more about cicada biology and how exactly they pull off this lifestyle also check out douglas maine's article explaining why these gigantic emergencies
Video examples
How coffee got quicker PIPE...
packaging and selling pre-roasted beans. And in a moment of vision, he takes the process one step farther making his mill the world's first to grind the already roasted beans on a large scale, then pack them conveniently into small, consumer-friendly tins.
Video examples
Why is Vermeer's "Girl...
also emphasizes the worldliness of the merchant class, and the pearl itself, a symbol of wealth, is actually an exaggeration. Vermeer couldn't have afforded a real pearl of its size. It was likely just a glass or tin drop varnished to look like a pearl.
Video examples
Michael Moschen:...
as well as the fact that they protected the contents. The second influence on this piece came from recycling and looking into a tin can recycling bin and seeing all that beautiful emptiness. So, if you want to go with the music for cylinders.
Video examples
How to rebuild the world...
camera more importantly you should be able to see that we've got these hot embers at the bottom of the tin can but they're also Jets of flame coming in from those air holes and what's happening is that the wood is breaking
Video examples
What if the poor were...
it does not change aspirations. Now poor people have lived in temporary structures all their life. They go from wall to wall, moving from bricks to tin. They move from building from bamboo,
Video examples
Billy Collins: Everyday...
because the mice might get into them and start a fire. But your face was absolutely straight when you twisted the lid down on the round tin where the matches, you said, are always stowed.
Video examples
Top 5 Craftiest Animals!...
an aluminium fizzy drink can makes a lightweight home that's worth fighting for life in the macro tin isn't ideal and the local Rangers know it so they
Video examples
Hermit Crabs Use Litter...
Life in the mackerel tin isn't ideal and the local rangers know it.
Example 1 of 10
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Jack Monroe
British Journalist
If you consider each individual tin as just the building block for a larger recipe, it doesn't really make much difference whether it comes from a tin, or whether it's fresh because it's just being used in a lot of other things.
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Andrew Stanton
American Director
Being a sci-fi geek myself and going to movies all my life, I came to the conclusion that there were really two camps of how robots have been designed. It's either the tin man, which is a human with metal skin, or it's an R2D2.
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Rupert Friend
English Actor
Eating cold tuna fish out of a tin on a porch while two people are in love across a lake - I think that's desperately lonely.
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Rob Page
If we have to dig a trench and put our tin hats on at times we will do it and we proved we can do that as well as play.
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Divine
I collect a lot of beautiful tins from around the world, and I'll put things in them and give them as presents.
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James Wan
Australian Producer
It's good to be finally able to afford food for a change. It's good to move on from potatoes and tin soup.
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Dolly Parton
American Singer
My first phone was two tin cans tied together with string, and it worked pretty good.
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T. E. Lawrence
British Soldier
To have news value is to have a tin can tied to one's tail.
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Ashley Thomas
English Actor
Cockneys vs. Zombies' does exactly what it says on the tin.
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John Galsworthy
English Author
The French cook; we open tins.
Quote examples
Jack Monroe
British Journalist
If you consider each individual tin as just the building block for a larger recipe, it doesn't really make much difference whether it comes from a tin, or whether it's fresh because it's just being used in a lot of other things.
Quote examples
Andrew Stanton
American Director
Being a sci-fi geek myself and going to movies all my life, I came to the conclusion that there were really two camps of how robots have been designed. It's either the tin man, which is a human with metal skin, or it's an R2D2.
Quote examples
Rupert Friend
English Actor
Eating cold tuna fish out of a tin on a porch while two people are in love across a lake - I think that's desperately lonely.
Quote examples
Rob Page
If we have to dig a trench and put our tin hats on at times we will do it and we proved we can do that as well as play.
Quote examples
Divine
I collect a lot of beautiful tins from around the world, and I'll put things in them and give them as presents.
Quote examples
James Wan
Australian Producer
It's good to be finally able to afford food for a change. It's good to move on from potatoes and tin soup.
Quote examples
Dolly Parton
American Singer
My first phone was two tin cans tied together with string, and it worked pretty good.
Quote examples
T. E. Lawrence
British Soldier
To have news value is to have a tin can tied to one's tail.
Quote examples
Ashley Thomas
English Actor
Cockneys vs. Zombies' does exactly what it says on the tin.
Quote examples
John Galsworthy
English Author
The French cook; we open tins.
Example 1 of 10
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