Antonyms for tin

Grammar : Noun

Spell : tin

Phonetic Transcription : tɪn

Definition 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

Example sentences :

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

Synonyms for tin

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