tin

1. 1.

   plate with tin

   Broaderplate
2. 2.

   preserve in a can or tin

   “tinned foods are not very tasty”

   Synonymscanput up

   Broaderpreserve

   cooking

3. 3.

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

   Broaderplate

Other forms of tin

plural

tins·

past tense or participle

tinned

present participle

tinning

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tin

What does tin mean?

tin means "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". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tin?

tin has 1 syllable: tin. In IPA it is /ˈtɪn/.

What is another word for tin?

Close synonyms include Sn, atomic number 50, canister, cannister, can. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tin a common word?

tin is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with tin?

1 word rhymes with tin. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.