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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

  • (..) Whoa, whoa, whoa. What was that? She hit that. I saw that with my own eyes. Hey, buddy, let me explain something to you. You see that little tin spaceship? You see how it's not knocked over? Do you know what that means, professor? It means you don't get the unicorn! (..)
    2010 Despicable Me