as in barrel
a metal container in the shape of a cylinder row upon row of tins containing food for an emergency that never happened

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Recent Examples of tin Students at Yale and other New England schools had been tossing around empty pie tins from the Frisbie Baking Company in Connecticut, according to the Strong National Museum of Play. Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025 For Some Ovens, Anything At All Cookie sheets, muffin tins, cast iron, and pizza pans are usually safe to store in an oven drawer. Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2025 Tens of thousands live in tin shacks, lacking basic amenities, such as coal for cooking and heating their homes. Brittney Melton, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025 The tin metal experiment The researchers used the supercomputer to simulate what happens to a tin surface when powerful shock waves and high-speed impacts hit it. Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tin
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Noun
  • The bourbon is produced in Kentucky as a small–batch expression blending around 10–15 barrels per batch.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Orange barrels and flags across the Treasure Valley have had a lot of motorists seeing red the past couple of years.
    Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • After years of doing educational drum clinics at music stores and colleges, Schulman realized that music helps people remember stories and lessons.
    Heather Wishart-Smith, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Complimentary activities range from morning stretching with a sea breeze to late-afternoon volleyball in the sand to learning about local culture through a Boduberu drum session.
    Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Tin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tin. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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