Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To plate or coat with tin.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
tin plate . - verb Alternative spelling of
tin plate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a thin sheet of metal (iron or steel) coated with tin to prevent rusting; used especially for cans, pots, and tins
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Examples
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Cans for food, aerosol sprays and many other consumer goods are made from "tinplate," sheets of steel covered in a thin layer of tin.
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Along with that have grown up a number of subsidiary industries, such as tinplate, wire and wire nails, and so on.
India 1939
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We expect higher raw material cost to continue in the near-term, driven by the lag effect of higher oil prices from earlier periods, as well as recent increases in other input cost such as tinplate and some other chemicals.
pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator 2009
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We expect higher raw material cost to continue in the near-term, driven by the lag effect of higher oil prices from earlier periods, as well as recent increases in other input cost such as tinplate and some other chemicals.
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But the workers simply sat over their meals with empty tinplate eyes and hands smeared with oil.
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These trains are still a going concern in the States, and their now unusual three-rail tinplate tracks are still in our loft.
Family life 2012
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Pub purists might quibble with the cafe-bar furniture and the tinplate paintings of Thai landscapes, but, in all other respects, the Vine Thai fulfils its brief.
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Still, by the later years of the 19th century the workshops of Nuremberg were turning out thousands of tinplate warships for the British middle-classes.
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From there, he moved onto Japanese-made toy robots and large scale cars (made of tinplate, battery-powered or wind-ups, the most popular brand being Modern Toys - the Masudaya label of toy makers, with origins spanning back to the 1700s).
To market, to market: treasure hunting in Mexico City's flea markets 2008
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From there, he moved onto Japanese-made toy robots and large scale cars (made of tinplate, battery-powered or wind-ups, the most popular brand being Modern Toys - the Masudaya label of toy makers, with origins spanning back to the 1700s).
To market, to market: treasure hunting in Mexico City's flea markets 2008
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