Tin Meaning in English

word

US

/ˈtɪn/

tin

UK

/tˈɪn/

tin

التعريف

Tin is a soft silver-white metal. It can also mean a metal container, especially a can for food or a small box made of thin metal.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

As a metal, 'tin' is more common in scientific, industrial, or material contexts. In everyday English, the container meaning appears in phrases like 'a tin of beans' or 'a biscuit tin', especially in British English; American English often prefers 'can' for food containers.

• Spanish: estaño - lata
• Portuguese (BR): estanho - lata
• Portuguese (PT): estanho - lata
• Chinese (Simplified): 锡 - 罐头盒 - 金属罐
• Chinese (Traditional): 錫 - 罐頭盒 - 金屬罐
• Hindi: टिन - रांगा
• Arabic: قصدير - علبة معدنية
• Bengali: টিন
• Russian: олово - жестяная банка
• Japanese: スズ - 缶（食品や小箱）
• Vietnamese: thiếc - hộp thiếc
• Korean: 주석 - 양철통
• Turkish: teneke - kalay (metal)
• Urdu: ٹن
• Indonesian: timah - kaleng (makanan)

جمل نموذجية

The cup is made of tin.

basic

We opened a tin of soup for lunch.

basic

She keeps cookies in a tin.

basic

Can you grab a tin of tomatoes from the shelf?

natural

I found an old tin full of buttons in my grandma's house.

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These toys aren't real silver—it's just painted tin.

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