tin cans

plural of tin can

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tin cans
Noun
  • The drums are intrinsic to the arrangement, even in this more traditionally melodic era.
    John Lingan, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The real breakthrough came when Nicks asked Buckingham to produce a song for her for the Twister soundtrack, with Fleetwood playing the drums.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Corrosion-resistant canisters — each 16 feet long, 15 inches in diameter and weighing 6,000 pounds — containing nuclear waste are forced down into the horizontal sections, stacked side-by-side and stored, conceivably, for thousands of years.
    Bob Woods, CNBC, 9 Nov. 2025
  • There are real canisters of 35-mm film that must be fed, expertly, into the reel-to-reel projector.
    Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Round out your gift by pairing the tins with a cute ceramic holder.
    Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 6 Nov. 2025
  • On the sweet side — wrapped bundt cakes, tins filled with dainty cookies as well as brownies, tarts, pies and beverages.
    David Moin, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The cartel members agreed to raise their December production target by 137,000 barrels per day, matching the hike for October and November.
    Lee Ying Shan,Sam Meredith, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
  • After aging in traditional bourbon barrels, the bourbon is double-barreled in two unique, slowly toasted and charred barrels.
    Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Wrappers and crushed soda cans.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
  • People were throwing toilet paper rolls and full beer cans.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Tin cans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tin%20cans. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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