tin

noun7

1. •
   a soft metal with a silver color that is easy to shape and is not harmed by water or air
2. •
   (UK, Commonwealth) 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
   • Several tins of paint were needed to paint the house.
3. •
   A metal pan used for baking, roasting, storing food, etc.

   • And, indeed, after a tense round of rolling, shaping and filling delicate pastry dough, Rowan can’t even pull his overstuffed pies out of the tins without them bleeding and oozing fruit filling. — 2023
4. •
   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.
5. •
   (slang, old-fashioned) money, especially silver money.

   • The father is a cotton lord, and they all have loads of tin, you know — 1844
6. •
   The bottom part of the front wall, which is "out" if a player strikes it with the ball.
7. •
   (slang) computer hardware.

verb5

1. •
   To cover with tin.
2. •
   To place into a metal can (ie. a tin; be it tin, steel, aluminum) in order to preserve.
3. •
   To coat with solder
4. •
   To coat with solder, in preparation for soldering, to ensure a good solder joint
5. •
   To coat with solder, in order to consolidate braided wire, so as to make contact with all strands and reduce fragility of the fraying wire

adjective3

1. •
   Made of tin.
2. •
   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. — 1939
3. •
   Made of aluminum.

noun1

1. •
   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). — 2025