Definition of Tin plate

1. Noun. A thin sheet of metal (iron or steel) coated with tin to prevent rusting; used especially for cans, pots, and tins.

Exact synonyms: Tinplate
Generic synonyms: Sheet Metal
Terms within: Tin
Substance meronyms: Tinware

Definition of Tin plate

1. Noun. A thin sheet of steel coated with tin to prevent rusting; used to make cans etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tin Plate

tin cry
tin disease
tin dog
tin ear
tin fluorides
tin foil
tin god
tin hat
tin knocker
tin men
tin opener
tin openers
tin oxide
tin pest
tin plague
tin plate
tin plates
tin polyphosphates
tin pyrites
tin radioisotopes
tin sandwich
tin sandwiches
tin snips
tin soldier
tin soldiers
tin tabernacle
tin whistle
tin whistles
tinaja
tinajas

Literary usage of Tin plate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Truth about the Trusts: A Description and Analysis of the American Trust by John Moody (1904)
"This was said to represent about 95^ of the tin plate production in the United ... The shares of the American tin plate Co. were exchanged for those of the ..."

2. Trusts, Pools and Corporations by William Zebina Ripley, Charles Jesse Bullock (1905)
"XIII THE TIN-PLATE INDUSTRY1 BY tin-plate is meant a sheet of iron or steel varying in thickness from 22 to 30 wire gauge coated with tin. ..."

3. The Truth about the Trusts: A Description and Analysis of the American Trust by John Moody (1904)
"This was said to represent about 95% of the tin plate production in the United States. The following named companies were included ..."

4. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1892)
"An American Tin-Plate Works.—At Demmler Station, M'Kees- port, ... is a tin-plate works with five puddling furnaces, one scrap furnace, a charcoal forge, ..."

5. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1892)
"Tin-Plate Manufacture in America.—A new tin-plate factory has been erected at ... A number of illustrations are published i of the tin-plate works belonging ..."

6. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1909)
"tin plate LEAD AND ZINC tin plate. The Sheet and tin plate Trades in 1907. ... Making tin plate at Griffiths Iron Mills. Illustrated description of the ..."

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