Phrase Hound found 119 phrases and 362 compound words that contain tin. The most common are listed below. Open tin in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 119
- tin canA container, usually cylindrical, made out of sheet metal coated with tin, or (by extension) aluminum.
- tin soldierA toy soldier made out of tin.
- tin plateA thin sheet of steel coated with tin to prevent rusting; used to make cans, roofing, etc.
- cake tinThe tin in which a cake is baked.
- San TinAn area of Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
- Ho Man TinA residential area of Kowloon City district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
- tin earInsensitivity to and inability to appreciate the elements of performed music or the rhythm, elegance, or nuances of language.
- Sha TinAn area and town in Sha Tin district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
- Tin ManThe Tin Woodman, a metallic character in the fictional Land of Oz who travels with Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion to the Emerald City in search of a heart.
- Kam TinAn area of Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
- tin snipsLarge, heavily-constructed scissors or shears, operated by hand and used for cutting sheets of metal.
- Lam TinAn area of Kwun Tong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
- Tin Shui WaiAn area and town in Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
- tin hatThe steel helmet worn by soldiers during World War I.
- tin mineA mine from which tin is extracted.
- Tin Pan AlleyThe district in New York City centered on 28th Street from the late 19th to the early 20th century, wherein thousands of popular songs were commercially written.
- mess tinA portable container for cooking or serving food, originally for military use, and generally of a rounded rectangular form.
- tin pestAn autocatalytic transformation of tin into a different allotrope that causes tin objects to become brittle and flaky. The phase transition conversion of β-tin (white tin) into α-tin (gray tin/grey tin).
- tin LizzieThe Ford Motor Company's Model T automobile.
- tin-potOf inferior quality; shoddy.
- tin sandwichA simple harmonica.
- tin whistleA small, high-pitched metal whistle with six holes that is blown using a fipple.
- tin-pot dictatorAn autocratic ruler with little political credibility, typically having delusions of grandeur.
- black tinTin ore (cassiterite), when dressed, stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form of a black powder, like fine sand.
- stream tincassiterite
Compound words 362
- tinkerAn itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.
- tinkTo emit a high-pitched sharp or metallic noise.
- tinnyOf or pertaining to or resembling tin.
- retinTo coat with tin again.
- tinfoilA thin, pliable sheet of tin or an alloy of tin and lead, used as a protective wrapping.
- tinnerA tinsmith.
- tintypeAn early, remarkably durable form of photograph (technically a photographic negative), printed on a tin plate, then varnished.
- tributyltinThe organic derivative of stannane tributylstannane
- tinhatAlternative form of tin hat (“a tinfoil hat”).
- tinsmithingThe trade of a tinsmith; making or repairing things of tin or similar alloys.