tin
/tɪn/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English
3
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn.
Uncountable
noun
Iron or steel sheet metal that is coated with tin as an anticorrosion protectant.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
An airtight container, made of tin-coated steel (called tinplate or tin), (formerly) tin, aluminium, or another metal, used to preserve food, or hold a liquid or some other product.
British usage; Countable
noun
The bottom part of the front wall, which is "out" if a player strikes it with the ball.
Countable
adj
Made of tin.
Example Sentences
- "The roof was made of tin, which had been cut with tin snips."
- "a tin of baked beans; a tobacco tin; a tin of shoe polish"
- "Several tins of paint were needed to paint the house."
- "empty tins, cans, and plastic containers are recycled in the blue bins."
- "When it arrived, the train was headed by a "K" class 4-6-0 wood-burning locomotive, and a water-tank wagon next to the tender was immediately besieged by women and girls, clad in their picturesque national costume, all with empty kerosene tins for water, a scene which was re-enacted at each stop down the line."
- "muffin tin"
Etymology
From Middle English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-West Germanic *tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: tin, *tin, *tiną
Usage
- Uncountable
- Countable
- British usage
- Dated
- Slang
- Transitive verb
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
detin
dibutyltin
ditin
nontin
organotin
radiotin
retin
tetrabutyltin
tetraethyltin
tetraphenyltin
tinclad
tinene