Synonyms for tin
tɪntin

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1. tinverb

   To cover with tin.

   Synonyms:
   can, tin can

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1. tin, Sn, atomic number 50noun

   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

   Synonyms:
   atomic number 50, can, tin can, canister, cannister

2. tinnoun

   a vessel (box, can, pan, etc.) made of tinplate and used mainly in baking

   Synonyms:
   atomic number 50, can, tin can, canister, cannister

3. canister, cannister, tinnoun

   metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour

   Synonyms:
   cannister, canister, tin can, can, atomic number 50, case shot, canister shot

4. can, tin, tin canverb

   airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.

   Synonyms:
   fanny, privy, tail, seat, butt, stool, rear end, tin can, can, nates, bottom, potty, fundament, crapper, posterior, buttocks, behind, bathroom, stern, commode, backside, bum, john, atomic number 50, buns, can buoy, hindquarters, tail end, derriere, tooshie, throne, hind end, rump, toilet, keister, lavatory, ass, prat, arse, lav, rear, tush, canister, canful, cannister, pot

5. tinverb

   plate with tin

   Synonyms:
   put up, can

6. can, tin, put upverb

   preserve in a can or tin

   "tinned foods are not very tasty"

   Synonyms:
   digest, abide, tolerate, put forward, support, sack, give the axe, can, endure, give the sack, put up, post, stick out, fire, offer, give notice, displace, house, stomach, erect, dismiss, raise, provide, nominate, brook, set up, domiciliate, suffer, stand, rear, force out, contribute, terminate, send away, bear

7. tinverb

   prepare (a metal) for soldering or brazing by applying a thin layer of solder to the surface

   Synonyms:
   put up, can

Matched Categories

1. • Plate
   • Vessel

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1. tinnoun

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial.] tin-plate, tinned iron, white iron

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1. tinnoun

   Synonyms:
   stannum, latten, prillion

   Associated words:
   stannary, stannic, stanniferous, stannous, shadd

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1. List of paraphrases for "tin":

   tian, tien, stannous, jeon, days, molt, moult, nit, moulting, ttn, tenn, flagon, molting, shanty, chun, shatin

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1. Smithsonian Magazine:

   The Tin Can Tourists, named because they heated tin cans of food on gasoline stoves by the roadside, formed the first camping club in the United States, holding their inaugural rally in Florida in 1919 and growing to 150,000 members by the mid-1930s.

2. John Wayne:

   I'm lookin' at a tin star with a, drunk pinned on it.

3. Rudyard Kipling:

   There rise her timeless capitals of empires daily born, whose plinths are laid at midnight and whose streets are packed at morn; and here come tired youths and maids that feign to love or sin in tones like rusty razor blades to tunes like smitten tin.

4. Proverb:

   Even a tin knocker will shine on a dirty floor.

5. George R.R. Martin:

   You can't hammer tin into iron, no matter how hard you beat it, but that doesn't mean it's useless.