Get to know Tin better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like container or can. In Dutch this translates to inblikken.
Tin in a sentence
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Tin meaning
- A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn.
- Iron or steel sheet metal that is coated with tin as an anticorrosion protectant.
- An airtight container, made of tin-coated steel (called tinplate or tin), (formerly) tin, aluminium, or another metal, used to preserve food, or hold a liquid or some other product.
Synonyms of Tin
Tin vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Tin
- The main meaning on this page is: A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn. | Iron or steel sheet metal that is coated with tin as an anticorrosion protectant. | An airtight container, made of tin-coated steel (called tinplate or tin), (formerly) tin, aluminium, or another metal, used to preserve food, or hold a liquid or some other product.
- Useful related words include: container, can, keep, preserve.
- Possible Dutch translations are: inblikken, conserveren, vertinnen.
- In the example corpus, tin often appears in combinations such as: the tin, of tin, tin and.
Context around Tin
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 14 start, 6 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tin
- In this selection, "tin" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 2000, gray, white, foil, alloys and compounds stand out and add context to how "tin" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2 the tin oxide form and 2000 tin tin alloys and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tin" sits close to words such as accra, azerbaijan and brisbane, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tin
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This isn’t just tin foil, this is tightly wrapped tin foil. (12 words)
Roger was known as “The Tin Man” as he created Tin Men out of cans. (15 words)
Cassiterite (SnO 2 ), the tin oxide form of tin, was most likely the original source of tin in ancient times. (20 words)
Wildlife inspectors at an international mail facility in Torrance intercepted four packages addressed to “Ji Yearlong,” a name believed to be one of Tin’s aliases, and which were to be shipped to Tin’s home in Hong Kong, court documents stated. (42 words)
The ITC supported the price of tin during periods of low prices by buying tin for its buffer stockpile and was able to restrain the price during periods of high prices by selling tin from the stockpile. (37 words)
Graf, G. G. (2000) "Tin, Tin Alloys, and Tin Compounds" in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, 2005 Wiley-VCH, Weinheim Exposure to tin in the workplace may occur by inhalation, skin contact, and eye contact. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Graf, G. G. (2000) "Tin, Tin Alloys, and Tin Compounds" in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, 2005 Wiley-VCH, Weinheim Exposure to tin in the workplace may occur by inhalation, skin contact, and eye contact.
The two allotropes that are encountered at normal pressure and temperature, α-tin and β-tin, are more commonly known as gray tin and white tin respectively.
Cassiterite (SnO 2 ), the tin oxide form of tin, was most likely the original source of tin in ancient times.
Lead-tin solder layers on copper leads can form copper-tin intermetallic layers; the solder alloy is then locally depleted of tin and form a lead-rich layer.
The ITC supported the price of tin during periods of low prices by buying tin for its buffer stockpile and was able to restrain the price during periods of high prices by selling tin from the stockpile.
These compound release transient tributyl tin radicals, which are rare examples of compounds of tin(III). citation Organotin compounds Organotin compounds, sometimes called stannanes, are chemical compounds with tin–carbon bonds.
The tin whistle is so called because it was first mass-produced in tin-plated steel. citation citation Specialized alloys Pewter plate Tin in combination with other elements forms a wide variety of useful alloys.
Tin stabilizers can be divided into two main groups, the first group containing those with tin-oxygen bonds and the second group with tin-sulphur bonds.
Most of Myanmar's tin concentrate comes from mines in the Wa state areas, according to the International Tin Association.
Unclip the tin and put the cake, still on its paper and cake tin base, on a rack and leave to cool.
A dog named Rin Tin Tin is interred in this grave in Paris - but not the one people think, it turns out.
Mr. Tin Oo was born on March 12, 1927, in the port city of Pathein, along the Pathein River in southern Burma, to U Maung Kyaing, a land surveyor, and Daw Mya Tin.
Roger was known as “The Tin Man” as he created Tin Men out of cans.
The only food they had were eight chocolate bars, a tin of mussels, a few dates, a tin of almonds, three tiny jars of jam, dried plums, sweets and several bottles of wine.
Wildlife inspectors at an international mail facility in Torrance intercepted four packages addressed to “Ji Yearlong,” a name believed to be one of Tin’s aliases, and which were to be shipped to Tin’s home in Hong Kong, court documents stated.
The shape, however, will vary from tin to tin – some are broad and shallow, like a barge, others high-sided, like a removal van.
Half a tin of tuna and half a tin of sweetcorn, plus mayo and a spud cost no more than £1.
The most important trading venue for tin is the London Metal Exchange, which has been virtually the only exchange for trading in tin since 1877.
This isn’t just tin foil, this is tightly wrapped tin foil.
Add Tin Tin, outstanding beer and some excellent art collections (try Bruges’ Groeningemuseum) and the nation just across the North Sea starts to look well worth a visit.
Common combinations with tin
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the tin 49×
- of tin 18×
- tin and 17×
- tin tin 12×
- tin of 12×
- tin in 8×
- tin man 8×
- tin foil 8×
- tin can 8×
- in tin 7×