Tin Can Definition

noun

Can.

Webster's New World
A container of tin-coated sheet metal used especially for preserving food.
American Heritage
A naval destroyer.
American Heritage

Destroyer.

Webster's New World

(nautical) A destroyer.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • tin
  • can
  • hermetically sealed can
  • vacuum can
  • No. 10 can
  • no. 2 can
  • No. 1 can
  • tin box

Other Word Forms of Tin Can

Noun

Singular:
tin can
Plural:
tin-cans

Tin Can Sentence Examples

  • Another place for a tin can lid.

  • We all crammed back into our tin can to drive 30 seconds around the corner to the lagoon.

  • The smallest elements, such as plastic hair curlers, toy cars, and a crushed tin can are nearest the center.

  • A staccato metallic voice reverberated about the room like a marble in a tin can.

  • New Labor have kicked this constitution around with all the subtlety of a mindless yob booting a tin-can up the street.

More Sentences

Related Articles

Tin Can Is Also Mentioned In

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to tin can using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

TTITIN

Words Ending With

NANCAN

Unscrambles

tin can

Words Starting With T and Ending With N

Starts With T & Ends With NStarts With TI & Ends With NStarts With T & Ends With AN

Word Length

7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With T7 Letter Words Ending With N