untin
untin verb: to remove the tin (metal) from.
Verb
untin (third-person singular simple present untins, present participle untinning, simple past and past participle untinned)
- To remove the tin (metal) from.
- As regards the treatment of slimes, I think nothing so effective as the frame for untinning the stuff which is reduced to a pulp; hence the difficulty in dealing with it, and the great loss sustained by miners, whose lost tin is reproduced by the tin streamers or squatters who line the sides of the...1884, Capt. W. Trague, “Treatment of Tin Ores from the Shaft's Mouth to the Smelting-House”, in Proceedings of the Mining Institute of Cornwall, volume 1, page 159
Forms of untin
| third-person singular present | untins |
|---|---|
| present participle | untinning |
| past participle | untinned |
| past | untinned |
Origin of untin
From un- + tin.
Questions about untin
- What does untin mean?
- Untin means to remove the tin (metal) from.
- What part of speech is untin?
- Untin is a verb.
- What is the past tense of untin?
- The past tense of untin is untinned.
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