Can vs. Tin

Canverb

To know how to; to be able to.

Canverb

May; to be permitted or enabled to.

Canverb

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

Canverb

(auxiliary verb, defective) Used with verbs of perception.

Canverb

To seal in a can.

Canverb

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

Canverb

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

Canverb

To shut up.

Canverb

To fire or dismiss an employee.

Cannoun

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.

Cannoun

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

Cannoun

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

Cannoun

A chamber pot, now a toilet or lavatory.

Cannoun

Buttocks.

Cannoun

(slang) Jail or prison.

Cannoun

Headphones.

Cannoun

(archaic) A drinking cup.

Cannoun

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

Cannoun

A chimney pot.

Can

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

Cannoun

A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids.

Cannoun

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.

Canverb

To preserve by putting in sealed cans

Canverb

To know; to understand.

Canverb

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

Canverb

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

Cannoun

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

Cannoun

the quantity contained in a can

Cannoun

a buoy with a round bottom and conical top

Cannoun

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

Cannoun

a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

Cannoun

a room equipped with toilet facilities

Canverb

preserve in a can or tin;

Canverb

terminate the employment of;

Canverb

be able to

Canverb

be able to through acquired knowledge or skill

Canverb

have the opportunity or possibility to

Canverb

used to express doubt or surprise about the possibility of something's being the case

Canverb

used to indicate that something is typically the case

Canverb

be permitted to

Canverb

used to request someone to do something

Canverb

used to make a suggestion or offer

Canverb

preserve (food) in a can

Canverb

dismiss from a job

Canverb

reject as inadequate

Cannoun

a cylindrical metal container

Cannoun

a small steel or aluminium container in which food or drink is hermetically sealed for storage over long periods

Cannoun

the quantity of food or drink held by a can

Cannoun

prison

Cannoun

the toilet

Cannoun

headphones.

Cannoun

a woman's breasts.

Tinnoun

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

Tinnoun

An airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food.

Tinnoun

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

Tinnoun

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

Tinnoun

money

Tinnoun

Computer hardware.

Tinadjective

Made of tin.

Tinadjective

Made of galvanised iron or built of corrugated iron.

Tinverb

(transitive) To place into a tin in order to preserve.

Tinverb

(transitive) To cover with tin.

Tinverb

(transitive) To coat with solder in preparation for soldering.

Tinnoun

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.

Tinnoun

Thin plates of iron covered with tin; tin plate.

Tinnoun

Money.

Tinverb

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

Tinnoun

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

Tinnoun

metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour

Tinnoun

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

Tinverb

plate with tin

Tinverb

preserve in a can or tin;

Tinverb

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

Tin

Tin is a chemical element with the symbol Sn (from Latin: stannum) and atomic number 50. Tin is a silvery metal that characteristically has a faint yellow hue.