Plural of tin
regular plural
The plural of tin is tins.
Forms of tin
| Singular | tin /tɪn/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | tins |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Tins in a sentence
- Several tins of paint were needed to paint the house.
- empty tins, cans, and plastic containers are recycled in the blue bins.
- The baked beans can go on this shelf, and the same goes for all these other tins.From the entry go
- “Mangarie,” we are saying, pressing the biscuits and tins of food into their hands.2011, Myron C. Peterson, Time Capsule-1944: A Story of World War II, page 145. From the entry mangarie
- His eyes unhungrily saw shelves of tins, sardines, gaudy lobsters' claws.1989 May, Dennis Brown, The Modernist Self in Twentieth-Century English Literature: A Study in Self-Fragmentation, London: Palgrave…. From the entry unhungrily
Meaning of tin
- noun A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn.
- noun Iron or steel sheet metal that is coated with tin as an anticorrosion protectant.
- noun An airtight container, made of tin-coated steel (called tinplate or tin), (formerly) tin, aluminium, or another metal, used to preserve food, or hold a liquid or some other product.
Questions about the plural of tin
- What is the plural of tin?
- The plural of tin is tins.
- Is tin countable?
- Tin is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tin (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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