tin

barattolo, lattina

Recipiente chiuso di metallo per conservare cibi, liquidi o altre sostanze.

In inglese semplice: A closed metal container for keeping food, liquids, or other substances.

• Open a tin of beans.
• She keeps buttons in an old tobacco tin.
• How many tins of fish did you buy?

Come si usa: tin of something (We opened a tin of soup.)

Sinonimi: can

Espressioni comuni: tin of beans, tobacco tin, open a tin

stagno

Metallo morbido e argentato usato per rivestire altri metalli e creare leghe.

In inglese semplice: A soft, silver-colored metal used to cover other metals and to make mixtures of metals.

• The cup is made of tin.
• Tin is mixed with copper to make bronze.
• A thin layer of tin protects the steel.

Espressioni comuni: pure tin, tin coating, tin ore

teglia, stampo

Recipiente di metallo usato per conservare cibo o cuocerlo in forno.

In inglese semplice: A metal container used to hold food or to cook it in an oven.

• Put the mixture in a tin.
• She greased two cake tins.
• Leave the cake in its tin until it cools.

Sinonimi: pan, container

Espressioni comuni: cake tin, muffin tin, baking tin

latta

Sottili lamine di ferro o acciaio rivestite di stagno per proteggerle.

In inglese semplice: Thin iron or steel sheets covered with a protective layer of a soft silver-colored metal.

• Rain beat against the tin roof.
• They cut the tin with special tools.
• Sheets of tin covered the old shed.

Sinonimi: tinplate

Espressioni comuni: tin roof, tin sheets, tin snips

stagnare

Coprire una superficie con un sottile strato di stagno.

In inglese semplice: To cover a surface with a thin layer of a soft silver-colored metal.

• Tin the wire before joining it.
• The worker tinned the copper sheet.
• You should tin the tip of the soldering iron.

Espressioni comuni: tin copper wire, tin the surface, tin the tip