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▸ noun: (New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, British, countable) An airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food, or hold a liquid or some other product.
▸ noun: (countable) A metal pan used for baking, roasting, etc.
▸ noun: (countable, squash) The bottom part of the front wall, which is "out" if a player strikes it with the ball.
▸ noun: (slang, dated, uncountable) money, especially silver money.
▸ noun: (slang, uncountable) computer hardware.
▸ adjective: Made of tin.
▸ adjective: Made of galvanised iron or built of corrugated iron.
▸ verb: (transitive) To place into a metal can (ie. a tin; be it tin, steel, aluminum) in order to preserve.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cover with tin.
▸ verb: (transitive) To coat with solder
▸ verb: To coat with solder, in preparation for soldering, to ensure a good solder joint
▸ verb: To coat with solder, in order to consolidate braided wire, so as to make contact with all strands and reduce fragility of the fraying wire
▸ noun: (US, Philippines, finance) Initialism of taxpayer identification number.
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