tin plate

tin plate
noun
a thin sheet of metal (iron or steel) coated with tin to prevent rusting; used especially for cans, pots, and tins
Syn: ↑tinplate
Hypernyms: ↑sheet metal
Substance Holonyms: ↑tinware
Substance Meronyms: ↑tin

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thin iron or steel sheet coated with tin. Also, tinplate. Also called tin.
[1670-80]

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tin plate,
thin sheets of iron or steel coated with tin. Ordinary tin cans are made of tin plate.
tin-plate «TIHN PLAYT», transitive verb, -plat|ed, -plat|ing.
to plate or coat (sheets of iron or steel) with tin.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • tin-plate — transitive verb Date: 1890 to plate or coat (as a metal sheet) with tin …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • tin-plate — transitive verb : to plate or coat (as a metal sheet) with tin …   Useful english dictionary

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