Tin vs. Can: Know the Difference

Coating for other metals to prevent rust.

A cylindrical metal container.

Symbol Sn A crystalline, silvery metallic element obtained chiefly from cassiterite, and having two notable allotropic forms. Malleable white tin is the useful allotrope, but at temperatures below 13.2°C it slowly converts to the brittle gray allotrope. Tin is used to coat other metals to prevent corrosion and is a part of numerous alloys, such as soft solder, pewter, type metal, and bronze. Atomic number 50; atomic weight 118.71; melting point 231.93°C; boiling point 2,602°C; specific gravity (gray) 5.77, (white) 7.29; valence 2, 4. See Periodic Table.

A usually cylindrical metal container.

Tin plate.

An airtight container, usually made of tin-coated iron, in which foods or beverages are preserved.

A container or box made of tin plate.

The contents of such a container

A container for preserved foodstuffs; a can.

(Slang) A jail or prison.

The contents of such a container.

(Slang) A toilet or restroom.

To plate or coat with tin.

(Slang) The buttocks.

Chiefly British To preserve or pack in tins; can.

(Slang) A naval destroyer.

Of, relating to, or made of tin.

To seal in an airtight container for future use; preserve

Constructed of inferior material.

(Slang) To make a recording of

Spurious.

To end the employment of; fire.

(uncountable) A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn.

To put an end or stop to

An airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food, or hold a liquid or some other product.

To solicit cash donations for a charity or other organization such as a club or amateur sports team by holding out a can or other container in a public place.

(countable) A metal pan used for baking, roasting, etc.

To know how to; to be able to.

The bottom part of the front wall, which is "out" if a player strikes it with the ball.

May; to be permitted or enabled to.

Money, especially silver money.

(modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible.

Computer hardware.

Used with verbs of perception.

Made of tin.

To know.

Made of galvanised iron or built of corrugated iron.

To seal in a can.

(transitive) To place into a metal can (ie. a tin; be it tin, steel, aluminum) in order to preserve.

To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.

(transitive) To cover with tin.

To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).

(transitive) To coat with solder

To shut up.

To coat with solder, in preparation for soldering, to ensure a good solder joint

To fire or dismiss an employee.

To coat with solder, in order to consolidate braided wire, so as to make contact with all strands and reduce fragility of the fraying wire

To hole the ball.

An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft silvery-white crystalline metal, with a tinge of yellowish-blue, and a high luster. It is malleable at ordinary temperatures, but brittle when heated. It is softer than gold and can be beaten out into very thin strips called tinfoil. It is ductile at 2120, when it can be drawn out into wire which is not very tenacious; it melts at 4420, and at a higher temperature burns with a brilliant white light. Air and moisture act on tin very slightly. The peculiar properties of tin, especially its malleability, its brilliancy and the slowness with which it rusts make it very serviceable. With other metals it forms valuable alloys, as bronze, gun metal, bell metal, pewter and solder. It is not easily oxidized in the air, and is used chiefly to coat iron to protect it from rusting, in the form of tin foil with mercury to form the reflective surface of mirrors, and in solder, bronze, speculum metal, and other alloys. Its compounds are designated as stannous, or stannic. Symbol Sn (Stannum). Atomic weight 117.4.

(transitive) To cover (the fuel element in a nuclear reactor) with a protective cover.

Thin plates of iron covered with tin; tin plate.

A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium, but sometimes of plastic, and with a carrying handle over the top.

Money.

A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).

To cover with tin or tinned iron, or to overlay with tin foil.

A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish.

A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide

A chamber pot, now a toilet or lavatory.

Metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour

Buttocks.

Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.

(slang) Jail or prison.

Plate with tin

Headphones.

Preserve in a can or tin;

(archaic) A drinking cup.

Prepare (a metal) for soldering or brazing by applying a thin layer of solder to the surface

(nautical) A cube-shaped buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark

A silvery-white metal, element number 50.

A chimney pot.

A type of metal container.

An E-meter used in Scientology auditing.

Material used for making lightweight, rust-resistant items.

An ounce (or sometimes, two ounces) of marijuana.

Symbol Sn in the periodic table.

A protective cover for the fuel element in a nuclear reactor.

An obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.]

A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids.

A vessel or case of tinned iron or of sheet metal, of various forms, but usually cylindrical; as, a can of tomatoes; an oil can; a milk can.

To preserve by putting in sealed cans

To know; to understand.

To be able to do; to have power or influence.

To be able; - followed by an infinitive without to; as, I can go, but do not wish to.

Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.

The quantity contained in a can

A buoy with a round bottom and conical top

The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

A plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

A room equipped with toilet facilities

Preserve in a can or tin;

Terminate the employment of;

To preserve food in a sealed container.

Slang for dismissing someone from a job.

An informal term for a toilet or bathroom.

Ability or possibility to do something.