Tin

Noun

 * 1)  A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn.
 * 2)  An airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food.
 * 3)  A metal pan used for baking, roasting, etc.
 * muffin tin
 * roasting tin
 * 1)  The bottom part of the front wall, which is "out" if a player strikes it with the ball.

Synonyms

 * can, tin can

Derived terms

 * alpha tin
 * beta tin
 * gray tin, grey tin
 * indium tin oxide
 * lead-tin
 * organotin
 * tetraethyl tin, tetraethyltin
 * tetraphenyl tin, tetraphenyltin
 * tin can
 * tin chloride
 * tin cry


 * tin dichloride
 * tin dioxide
 * tin disease
 * tin foil
 * tin man
 * tinnie
 * tinny
 * tin oxide
 * tin pentachloride
 * tin pest
 * tin-plate
 * tin-plated


 * tin protochloride
 * tin salt
 * tin tetrachloride
 * tin tetraethyl
 * tin tetraphenyl
 * tin-white cobalt
 * tributyl tin, tributyltin
 * trimethyl tin, trimethyltin
 * white tin
 * (do) what it says on the tin

Adjective

 * 1) Made of tin.

Verb

 * 1)  To place into a tin in order to preserve.
 * 2)  To cover with tin.
 * 3)  To coat with solder in preparation for soldering.

Derived terms

 * tinned dog

Thesaurus
affected, apocryphal, artificial, assumed, aureate, bag, barrel, basket, bastard, bogus, bottle, box, box up, brass, brassy, brazen, bronze, bronzy, brummagem, can, capsule, carton, case, cask, colorable, colored, copper, coppery, counterfeit, counterfeited, crate, cupreous, cuprous, distorted, do up, dressed up, dummy, embellished, embroidered, encase, encyst, ersatz, factitious, fake, faked, falsified, feigned, ferrous, ferruginous, fictitious, fictive, garbled, gilt, gold, gold-filled, gold-plated, golden, hamper, illegitimate, imitation, iron, ironlike, jar, junky, lead, leaden, make-believe, man-made, mercurial, mercurous, mock, nickel, nickelic, nickeline, pack, package, parcel, perverted, pewter, pewtery, phony, pinchbeck, pot, pretended, pseudo, put up, put-on, quasi, queer, quicksilver, sack, self-styled, sham, shoddy, silver, silver-plated, silvery, simulated, so-called, soi-disant, spurious, steel, steely, supposititious, synthetic, tank, tinny, tinsel, titivated, twisted, unauthentic, ungenuine, unnatural, unreal, warped

Etymology
From tin:, from, from unknown origin. Cognates include German Zinn: and Dutch tin:.

Noun

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: قصدير
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: eztainua
 * Belarusian: волава
 * Bosnian:
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: estany
 * Chinese:
 * Cornish:
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: კალა
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: timah
 * Interlingua:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,


 * Kashubian:
 * Kazakh: къалайы
 * Korean:, 동납철,
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Luxembourgish: Zënn
 * Macedonian: калаj
 * Malay: stanum, timah
 * Maltese:
 * Manx: stainney
 * Mongolian:
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Rohingya:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: staoin
 * Serbian: калаj,, ,
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: kalagi
 * Tamil: தகரம்
 * Thai:
 * Tok Pisin:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian:


 * Arabic: صفيحة
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Croatian: konzerva
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, , , ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,


 * Japanese: 罐詰
 * Korean: 깡통
 * Macedonian: лименка, конзерва
 * Meru:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: lata
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tok Pisin:


 * Dutch: bakvorm, taartvorm
 * French: ,
 * German: Backform, Kastenform , Kuchenform
 * Greek:


 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:


 * : boest, boestoù , boest mir (2)
 * : 罐头, 鑵頭 (2)
 * : kaleng (2,3)
 * : (cassa de) latta (2,3)
 * : tīni
 * : cositorit (3)

Adjective

 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: калаен, калаена, калаено, калаени; тенекиен, тенекиена, тенекиено, тенекиени
 * Dutch: tinnen
 * French: d'étain, en étain
 * German: Zinn- ,
 * Interlingua: de latta; de stanno


 * Italian: di stagno
 * Macedonian: калаен, тенекиен
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese: de lata, de estanho
 * Romanian: de cositor, din cositor
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: kositrn

Verb

 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: mettre en conserve,
 * German: ,


 * Greek: κονσερβοποιώ
 * Macedonian: конзервира
 * Russian: консервировать


 * Dutch: vertinnen
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Macedonian: калаисува
 * Portuguese: cobrir com estanho
 * Russian: лудить, полудить


 * Dutch: vertinnen
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * German:
 * Macedonian: залемува, леми


 * : staenañ (1)
 * : калайдисвам (kalajdisvam)
 * : stannar
 * : a cositori

Anagrams

 * int, in't
 * ITN
 * nit

Noun

 * 1)  tin

Etymology
From *undefined:, from.

Noun

 * 1) a wooden support, often used on watercraft

Etymology
From tin:, tind:.

Noun

 * 1) tin (chemical element)

Noun

 * 1) ice

Etymology
From.

Cognates:
 * Apachean: Western Apache tįh:, Chiricahua tį’:, Lipan kįh:
 * Others: Hupa -tiŋ:, Galice tʰɐn:, Chilcotin tə̀n:, Slavey tę̀:, Hare tę̀:/-téné’:, Dogrib tǫ́:, Dene Sųłiné tə̀n:, Sekani tə̀n:, Dunneza tən:, Hän tán:, Ahtna ten:, Dena’ina tən:.

Cardinal number

 * 1) three

Etymology
From.

Number
tin


 * 1)  ten

Noun

 * 1)  The rump, the arse.