tinplate

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ˈtin ˌplate or ˈtinˌplate, n. [uncountable]

1. Metallurgy thin iron or steel in the form of a thin sheet coated with tin. Also called tin. 

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tin′ plate′, 

1. Metallurgy thin iron or steel sheet coated with tin. Also, tin′plate′. Also called tin. 

• 1670–80

tin-plate  (tin′plāt′), v.t., -plat•ed, -plat•ing. 

1. Metallurgy to coat (iron or steel sheet) with tin.

• 1885–90

tin′-plat′er, n. 

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tin plate noun

1. thin steel sheet coated with a layer of tin that protects the steel from corrosion

verb tin-plate

1. (transitive) to coat (a metal or object) with a layer of tin, usually either by electroplating or by dipping in a bath of molten tin

ˈtin-ˌplater noun