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tinclad

tinclad adjective: clad in tin or tin-coated metal.

Adjective

tinclad (not comparable)

  1. Clad in tin or tin-coated metal.
    • The building had the required tinclad fire doors.

Noun

tinclad (plural tinclads)

  1. (historical) A lightly armored river steamer used in the US Civil War.

Forms of tinclad

Adjective
alternative formtin-clad
Noun
pluraltinclads

Origin of tinclad

From tin + clad.

Questions about tinclad

What does tinclad mean?
Tinclad means clad in tin or tin-coated metal.
What part of speech is tinclad?
Tinclad can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near tinclad in the dictionary

  1. Tincher
  2. Tinchers
  3. Tinches
  4. tinchy
  5. tinchy-winchy
  6. tinclad
  7. tinclads
  8. tincs
  9. tinct
  10. tincted
  11. tincting

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