tin

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   preserve in a can or tin

   tinned foods are not very tasty

2. 2
   noun

   Iron or steel sheet metal that is coated with tin as an anticorrosion protectant.

   The roof was made of tin, which had been cut with tin snips.

3. 3
   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.

   a tin of baked beans; a tobacco tin; a tin of shoe polish

4. 4
   noun

   A metal pan used for baking, roasting, storing food, etc.

   muffin tin

5. 5
   noun

   money, especially silver money.

   The father is a cotton lord, and they all have loads of tin, you know

6. 6
   adj

   Made of galvanised iron or built of corrugated iron.

   [I]n fact he was a big noise, literally, in the Baptist Chapel, known locally as the Tin Tab[ernacle] - whereas my family were 'church' and Uncle Ezekiel was an infidel at that.

7. 7
   noun

   Initialism of taxpayer identification number.

   The AOTC and/or LLC cannot be claimed if the TIN is issued after the due date of the return (including extensions).

8. 8
   noun

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

Etymology

From Middle English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-West Germanic *tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.