tins

plural of tin
as in barrels
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 tins Without access to many kitchen supplies, the women improvised, using wine bottles and shell casings as rolling pins and baking soda tins as cutters. Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025 The pantry is stacked with corroding tins and stoneware jugs nailed into position with wooden dowels. Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025 The price point is, on average, $10-50, though some more high-dollar items, such as prime rib or caviar tins, can fetch $150. Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Sep. 2025 Combine the tins and dry shake for about 10 seconds. Jillian Dara, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 Start by de-potting your favorite makeup or skincare products and placing them into small tins. Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025 At this stage, the anchovies can be packaged with the salt they were cured in, or they can be rinsed, deboned, filleted, packed into tins or jars, and covered in oil. Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Sep. 2025 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
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Noun
  • Price contends the Jameson portion of the USGS report is outdate and inaccurate, pointing to a much more recent 2025 third-party review from Sproule ERCE energy consultants that estimates the Jameson basin could hold 9 billion net barrels of recoverable crude oil.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Orange construction barrels are seemingly everywhere.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Paint cans and electronics can be ruined if stored in extreme heat and cold.
    Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The recall impacts thousands of cans of soda sold in Texas.
    Jenna Anderson, Health, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • His playing has now come to be an omen of danger, so visitors who hear drums playing should be wary.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
  • In 1977, Rivers first began playing music in middle school, beginning with tuba because his friend, future Limp Bizkit drummer John Otto, played jazz drums.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 19 Oct. 2025

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“Tins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tins. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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