tin
A soft, light-colored metal that is used to make cans and cover other metals to stop rust.
A chemical element with the symbol Sn, known for being a soft, silvery-white metal used in alloys and coatings.
A small metal container that holds food or drink.
A sealed metal container, typically cylindrical, used for storing food or drink.
An old car that does not work well.
(Informal) An old or badly made car, often considered worthless.
Very thin metal sheet used to wrap food or other things.
Thin sheets of metal, traditionally made from tin but now often aluminum, used especially for wrapping food.
- Base: tin
- Plural: tins
tin ear
1Inability to detect musical pitch or tone sensitivity
Not able to hear music notes correctly or understand how words sound to others.
- He has such a tin ear he can't tell when he's singing out of tune.
- Her speech showed she had a political tin ear, ignoring public concerns.
tin god
1Self-important person with little power
Someone who acts very important but does not really have much power or respect.
- The manager is a bit of a tin god around here, making petty rules.
- She refuses to work for a tin god who belittles staff.
worth one's weight in tin
1Valuable but less than top standard
Useful or valuable, but not as much as something better known as the best (like gold).
- This old tractor is worth its weight in tin for what it can still do.
- In this town, a good mechanic is worth his weight in tin.