Synonyms for tin
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : tin |
| Phonetic Transcription : tɪn |
Top 10 synonyms for tin Other synonyms for the word tin
- aluminum
- amalgamation
- assortment
- baggage
- bale
- batch
- biddle
- blende
- bronze
- bunch
- burden
- can
- cannikin
- carton
- combination
- copper
- crate
- entity
- gunboat
- gutbucket
- lead
- load
- lot
- luggage
- metal
- mineral
- pack
- package
- packet
- parcel
- pile
- platinum
- pop top
- receptacle
- rock
- sack
- sheaf
- silver
- stack
- suitcase
- tin
- trunk
- unit
- vessel
- zinc
Définition of tin
Origin :- Old English tin, from Proto-Germanic *tinom (cf. Middle Dutch and Dutch tin, Old High German zin, German Zinn, Old Norse tin), of unknown origin, not found outside Germanic.
- Other Indo-European languages often have separate words for "tin" as a raw metal and "tin plate;" e.g. French étain, fer-blanc. Pliny refers to tin as plumbum album "white lead," and for centuries it was regarded as a form of silver debased by lead.
- The chemical symbol Sn is from Late Latin stannum (see stannic). Tin-type in photography is from 1864. Tin ear "lack of musical discernment" is from 1909. Tin Lizzie "early Ford, especially a Model T," first recorded 1915.
- As in package : noun bundle; whole
- As in can : noun container, usually metallic
- As in ore : noun metallic mineral
- Then he tossed his tin dishes away and they fell clattering on the rocks.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- A tin cup and a cracked pitcher of spring water stood on the window-sill.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- The cooking was done in a tin basin on the top of the hot stove.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- On top of the barrel was a tin coffeepot, a china cup, and half a loaf of bread.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- I played with clay gods and goddesses instead of tin soldiers.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- They are to be had of various sizes and prices at the tin stores.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- Most of these were made of pewter or lead, but some have been found of silver gilt, latten, and tin.
- Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
- Others were drinking out of shells, tin goblets, and leather cups.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- You tell me about the man getting dead and I'll give you the tin thing.
- Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
- It's a tin Lizzie, but you don't haf' to tell her what it is till I get her into it, do you?
- Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
Antonyms for tin
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