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pretin

pretin is the alternative form of pre-tin.

Meaning of pre-tin

Verb

pre-tin (third-person singular simple present pre-tins, present participle pre-tinning, simple past and past participle pre-tinned)

  1. (transitive) To coat (a metal) with solder or tin alloy prior to soldering or brazing it.

Forms of pretin

third-person singular presentpretins
present participlepretinning
past participlepretinned
pastpretinned

Questions about pretin

What is pretin the alternative form of?
Pretin is the alternative form of pre-tin.

Words near pretin in the dictionary

  1. pretilachlor
  2. pretilt
  3. pretilts
  4. pretimed
  5. pretimely
  6. pretin
  7. pretinned
  8. pretinning
  9. pretins
  10. pretious
  11. pretiously

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pretin (page history and authors); pre-tin (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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