Tin can be categorized as an adjective, a noun and a verb.
Adjective |
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| tin - Made of tin. | ||
| tin - Made of galvanised iron or built of corrugated iron . | ||
Verb |
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| tin - prepare (a metal) for soldering or brazing by applying a thin layer of solder to the surface | ||
| tin - plate with tin | ||
| tin - preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty" | ||
Noun |
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| tin - a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide | ||
| tin - a vessel (box, can, pan, etc.) made of tinplate and used mainly in baking | ||
| tin - airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc. | ||
| tin - metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour |
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| 1. | noun | I would recommend to start with something more simple like tin, pewter, aluminum or zinc, they all have a much more reasonable melting point. | |
| 2. | noun | Can you distinguish silver from tin? | |
| 3. | noun | Then the monkey went round with a little tin cup. | |
| 4. | noun | But when the monkey came back, the tin cup was always empty. | |
| 5. | noun | This iron sheet is coated with tin. | |
| 6. | noun | Every Monday Mrs. Evans washed all the family's clothes in the tin bath. | |
| 7. | noun | There was no fresh meat in the market today, so you'll have to content yourselves with something out of a tin. | |
| 8. | noun | Bronze is composed of copper and tin. | |
| 9. | noun | On Saturday evenings everybody in the family had a bath one after another in an old tin bath in front of the fire. | |
| 10. | noun | He is a tin god. | |
| 11. | noun | He was playing football with an old tin. | |
| 12. | noun | Bronze-ware is largely made from alloys of brass and tin. | |
| 13. | noun | Can you tell silver and tin apart? | |
| 14. | noun | Do you know the difference between silver and tin? | |
| 15. | noun | In 1980 the Ontario Censor Board banned the film "The Tin Drum," adapted from the Günter Grass novel, but the media found this silly, and so the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) showed the offending scene that night from coast to coast on the national news. |
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| I would recommend to start with something more simple like tin, pewter, aluminum or zinc, they all have a much more reasonable melting point. |
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| Can you distinguish silver from tin? | |
| Then the monkey went round with a little tin cup. | |
| But when the monkey came back, the tin cup was always empty. | |
| This iron sheet is coated with tin. | |
| Every Monday Mrs. Evans washed all the family's clothes in the tin bath. | |
| There was no fresh meat in the market today, so you'll have to content yourselves with something out of a tin. | |
| Bronze is composed of copper and tin. | |
| On Saturday evenings everybody in the family had a bath one after another in an old tin bath in front of the fire. | |
| He is a tin god. | |
| He was playing football with an old tin. | |
| Bronze-ware is largely made from alloys of brass and tin. | |
| Can you tell silver and tin apart? | |
| Do you know the difference between silver and tin? | |
| In 1980 the Ontario Censor Board banned the film "The Tin Drum," adapted from the Günter Grass novel, but the media found this silly, and so the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) showed the offending scene that night from coast to coast on the national news. | |