to tin
- verb
- /tɪn/
- UK
- She decided to tin the peaches so they would last through the winter.
So I'll start here, and I've tinned it all up as well.
- So I'll start here, and I've tinned it all up as well.
Examples
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After cooking the soup, he tinned it carefully to preserve it for later.
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She'd been tinning tomatoes all afternoon, and she hadn't been paying close attention to Alexis.
Fiction book (1991) -
So I'll start here, and I've tinned it all up as well.
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They always tin their vegetables to enjoy fresh flavors throughout the year.
Synonyms
To put food into a sealed metal container so it lasts longer
Store fruit in jars or cans to eat later
To put food into glass or clay containers to keep it for later
Idioms
Very nervous and unable to stay still because of worry or excitement
Compounds
An area in New York where many popular songwriters and music publishers worked in the early 1900s
- Specialized
Putting a thin layer of tin on metal to stop rust and make it look better
- Specialized
White tin turns into grey powder at low temperatures and makes metal crumble
- Specialized
A change in tin that makes it break easily and turn into grey powder in very cold weather
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tin meaning to preserve food comes from putting food into a metal tin, so to 'tin' food is to put it in a metal box to make it last, as in 'tinned' fish.