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Definition 2024

tin_can

tin can

See also: tincan

English

Noun

tin can ‎(plural tin cans)

a container, usually cylindrical, made out of sheet metal coated with tin
(as a misnomer) a container, usually cylindrical, made out of sheet metal coated with aluminum
(nautical) a destroyer

Synonyms

tin (British, Australian & Canadian), can (US)

Hypernyms

can

Related terms

tinfoil
aluminum can

Translations

container

Chinese:
Mandarin: 罐頭 (zh), 罐头 (zh) ‎(guàntou, guàntóu)
Czech: plechovka (cs) f
Estonian: konservikarp
French: boîte de conserve (fr) f
German: Konservendose (de) f
Greek: κονσερβοκούτι (el) n ‎(konservokoúti)
Italian: lattina (it) f, barattolo (it) m

Japanese: 罐詰め ‎(かんづめ, kandzume), 缶 (ja) ‎(かん, kan), 罐 (ja) ‎(かん, kan)
Khmer: កំប៉ង់ ‎(kâmbâng), កំប៉ុង (km) ‎(kâmbŏng)
Korean: 깡통 (ko) ‎(kkangtong), 캔 ‎(kaen)
Lao: ກະປ່ອງ ‎(ka pǭng)
Portuguese: latinha f
Russian: жестя́нка (ru) f ‎(žestjánka), консе́рвная ба́нка (ru) f ‎(konsérvnaja bánka), ба́нка (ru) f ‎(bánka), консе́рва f ‎(konsérva)

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