a soft faintly bluish white lustrous low-melting crystalline metallic el ement that is malleable and ductile at ordinary temperatures and that is used as a protective coating in tinfoil and in soft solders and alloys
a box, can, pan, vessel, or a sheet made of tinplate chiefly Brit
a vacuum-sealed can holding food 2. tin vt or tinned; or tin.ning
to cover or plate with tin or a tin alloy chiefly Brit
