tin plate

1. 1.

   a thin sheet of metal (iron or steel) coated with tin to prevent rusting; used especially for cans, pots, and tins

   Synonymstinplate

   Broadersheet metal

Questions about tin plate

What does tin plate mean?

tin plate means "a thin sheet of metal (iron or steel) coated with tin to prevent rusting; used especially for cans, pots, and tins".

What is another word for tin plate?

Close synonyms include tinplate. 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 plate a common word?

tin plate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.