tin

Noun

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

• metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour

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

• 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

Verb

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

• preserve in a can or tin
  • tinned foods are not very tasty
    

• plate with tin

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  can , tin can , canister , cannister , Sn , atomic number 50 , put up