Definitions for tin-plate

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Spelling: [tin-pleyt]
IPA: /ˈtɪnˌpleɪt/

Tin-Plate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 3 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 4 points.

You can make 312 anagrams from letters in tin-plate (-aeilnptt).

Definitions for tin-plate

noun

  1. thin iron or steel sheet coated with tin.

verb (used with object)

  1. to coat (iron or steel sheet) with tin.

Origin of tin-plate

First recorded in 1885-90

Examples for tin-plate

The following example will suggest a number of expedients for the preservation of tone of colour in tin-plate decoration.

This mark may be perceived on every tin-plate in the market.

Under the tariff law of 1909 the duty on tin-plate was one and two-tenths cents for each pound.

You know that there is hardly a tin-plate in camp, and boards are not to be had.

It has a school of lace-making, foundries, and manufactures of machinery, tin-plate and cotton goods.

The largest use of tin is in the manufacture of tin-plate, which is employed in containers for food, oil, and other materials.

The gentleman is dressed in tin-plate and is represented to the knees and of natural size, with the background of a dark sky.

One worked at a mackintosh warehouse, the other, I think, at tin-plate.

For a while its front was smooth and rounded, like the rim of a tin-plate.

Colour printing for tin-plate decoration will be fully discussed in a subsequent chapter.

Word Value for tin-plate
Scrable

3

Words with friends

4

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