tinned
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- adjective
- /tɪnd/
- UK
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enlatado
- Things like porridge, pasta, I've got some biscuits, tinned beans, tinned soup, I've got some jam and all stuff that you think people are going to need.
There was plenty of food in the kitchen, tinned stuff, plenty.
- There was plenty of food in the kitchen, tinned stuff, plenty.
- And what's interesting is that, you know, the price of still, like organic tinned beans is still incredibly cheap.
Examples
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The packages included cereal, fruit, tinned goods, tea bags, biscuits, toiletries and other essentials.
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For example, tinned butter and processed cheese from New Zealand are available and widely used in rural Tahitian households.
Academic text (1994) -
I got a whole thing of rice and I got tinned fish.
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And what's interesting is that, you know, the price of still, like organic tinned beans is still incredibly cheap.
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The tinned chili turned sour and fatty in his mouth.
Fiction book (2000) -
The pantry was stocked with a variety of tinned vegetables for quick meals.
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She always keeps some tinned soup in the cupboard for busy days.
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During the camping trip, we relied on tinned food as our main source of meals.
Synonyms
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Food preserved and sealed in a can for later use
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tinned comes from the metal tin, because early cans were made of or covered with tin to keep food safe. So, tinned food is food 'preserved and sealed in a can'.