Definitions for tinned

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Spelling: [tind]

IPA: /tɪnd/

Tinned is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 73 anagrams from letters in tinned (deinnt).

Definitions for tinned

noun

1. Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
2. tin plate.
3. any shallow pan, especially one used in baking.
4. any pot, box, can, or other container or vessel made of tin or tin plate.
5. Squash. telltale (def 8).
6. Chiefly British. a hermetically sealed can containing food.
7. Slang. a small quantity of an illicit drug, especially from two to five grams of cocaine: usually sold in a small plastic bag, a glassine envelope, or often a small tin container.
8. British Slang. money.

adjective

1. coated or plated with tin.
2. Chiefly British. preserved or packed in a can; canned.
3. made or consisting of tin or tin plate.
4. false; worthless; counterfeit:
5. indicating the tenth event of a series, as a wedding anniversary.

verb (used with object)

1. Metallurgy. to cover or coat with tin. to coat with soft solder.
2. Chiefly British. to preserve or pack (especially food) in cans; can.
3. to cover (windows and doors in an abandoned or unoccupied building or apartment) with sheets of tin to prevent vandalism or occupancy by vagrants, squatters, etc.

Origin of tinned

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at tin, -ed², -ed³

Examples for tinned

The shelves were relatively untouched and he had a wide choice of tinned goods.

The Indian followed him bringing a number of packages of tinned food.

I had then poisoned the fellow with tinned salmon and removed his hide.

He was poisoned by eating some tinned food, and peritonitis has set in.

The money was paid, the fowls set free, and I dined on tinned beef.

You see, these labels are all of common brands of tinned foods.

He closed the door gently, and tinned to face the trio in the room.

I could see the end of the table covered with bottles and tinned things.

I took Carstens' place just before we reached the place where the tinned goods were.

Yes, I noticed the references to tinned or canned vegetables in some of the books you chose.