tinny
4.4
Made from tin metal
- adjective
- /ˈtɪni/
- a tinny taste
Examples
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Hi, Tinny!
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She gets into bed with the tinny taste in her mouth that always anticipates excitement.
Fiction book (2001) -
The soup had a tinny taste, likely due to the metal can it came in.
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After drinking from the tin cup, he noticed a tinny aftertaste that lingered.
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The old radio emitted a tinny sound that reminded her of childhood memories.
Synonyms
9.2
Relating to tin that combines with other atoms in groups of four
refers to material made from or containing the metal rather than chemical valency
Surface Forms
tinny positive
Morphology
Etymology
Tinny comes from the metal tin plus the ending -y, meaning 'made of' or 'like'. So tinny originally meant 'made of tin'.