tin can

noun

1
: a can made of tinplate
broadly : can sense 1a
2

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Bake in Alternating Cups A muffin tin can be useful for turning out 12 party-ready appetizers in one go. Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Jan. 2025 The sheet that had been covering me was sopping wet and smelled strangely of my body, tin cans, and cayenne pepper. Gil Cuadros, Harper's Magazine, 2 June 2024 Visitors can play with a tin can telephone or connect to the museum’s general store on a working candlestick phone. Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2024 And as the tension and fear mount, being trapped in a glorified tin can in the North Sea drives the survivors to paranoid extremes. Matt Kamen, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tin can 

Word History

First Known Use

1770, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of tin can was in 1770

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“Tin can.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tin%20can. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

tin can

noun
: a container for food made of metal (as tinplate or aluminum)

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