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tin

Definition

  • noun: a soft, shiny, bluish-white metal that has many different uses
  • noun: a soft faintly bluish-white lustrous low-melting crystalline metallic element that is malleable and ductile at ordinary temperatures and that is used especially in containers, as a protective coating, in tinfoil, and in soft solders and alloys
  • verb: to cover or plate with tin or a tin alloy
  • synonyms: tin mordant

Examples

  • a writer with a 'tin ear' for dialogue [=who writes dialogue that does not sound real]

  • My wife is a talented musician, but I have a 'tin ear'.

  • a 'tin' of biscuits/tobacco

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) What is it? Real sugar. Not saccharine. And I've got a loaf of bread, proper white bread. And jam. A real tin of milk. Look. Coffee. Real coffee. Inner Party. Half a kilo. How did you manage to get hold of all this? (..)
    1984 1984