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retin

retin verb: to coat with tin again.

Verb

retin (third-person singular simple present retins, present participle retinning, simple past and past participle retinned)

  1. (transitive) To coat with tin again.
  2. By extension, and more commonly, to coat with solder again.

Forms of retin

third-person singular presentretins
present participleretinning
past participleretinned
pastretinned

Origin of retin

From re- + tin.

Questions about retin

What does retin mean?
Retin means to coat with tin again.
What part of speech is retin?
Retin is a verb.
What is the past tense of retin?
The past tense of retin is retinned.

Words near retin in the dictionary

  1. retimbers
  2. retime
  3. retimed
  4. retimes
  5. retiming
  6. retin
  7. retina
  8. retinacula
  9. retinacular
  10. retinaculate
  11. Retinaculiaperti

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