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detinning

detinning is the present participle and gerund of detin.

Meaning of detin

Verb

detin (third-person singular simple present detins, present participle detinning, simple past and past participle detinned)

  1. (transitive) To remove the tin from (metal scrap), usually for resale.

Questions about detinning

What is detinning the present participle and gerund of?
Detinning is the present participle and gerund of detin.

Words near detinning in the dictionary

  1. DeTilly
  2. detin
  3. detinned
  4. detinner
  5. detinners
  6. detinning
  7. detins
  8. detinue
  9. detinues
  10. detitanation
  11. detitanations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: detinning (page history and authors); detin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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