Definition of Tinned

1. Adjective. Sealed in a can or jar.

Exact synonyms: Canned
Similar to: Preserved

Definition of Tinned

1. a. Covered, or plated, with tin; as, a tinned roof; tinned iron.

Definition of Tinned

1. Verb. (past of tin) ¹

2. Adjective. Coated, or plated with tin. ¹

3. Adjective. Packed in a tin can; canned. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tinned

1. tin [v] - See also: tin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tinned

tinklers
tinkles
tinklier
tinkliest
tinkling
tinklingly
tinklings
tinkly
tinks
tinley
tinlike
tinman
tinmen
tinmouths
tinned (current term)
tinned dog
tinned goods
tinned meat
tinnen
tinner
tinner's snips
tinner snips
tinners
tinnevelly senna
tinnie
tinnient
tinnier
tinnies
tinniest

Literary usage of Tinned

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1887)
"tinned-FOOD POISONING. AMONG the domestic innovations due to the application of modern science to the practical business of life, that of "canning" is ..."

2. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"Inches Weight per Sq. Ft. Ounces Plain Plain Plain tinned tinned tinned tinned tinned tinned tinned tinned ... Cold-rolled and tinned, polished Cold-rolled ..."

3. Methods of Practical Hygiene by Karl Bernhard Lehmann (1893)
"detected from 200 to 400 mgrm. tin per kilogramme in vegetables and fruits which had been preserved in boxes of tinned iron. ..."

4. A Handbook of Chemical Technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner (1872)
"The tinned objects are dried by being rubbed with sawdust or bran. ... When tinned sheet-iron, technically termed tin-plate, is washed over •with a mixture ..."

5. Directory of Iron and Steel Works of the United States and Canada by American Iron and Steel Institute, American Iron and Steel Association (1894)
"Works at Newark, NJ Product, tinned stamped ware. See New York. ... Product, tinned shapes, etc. Knapp and Pratt Manufacturing Company, Geneva. ..."

6. The Corrosion and Preservation of Iron and Steel by Allerton Seward Cushman, Henry Alfred Gardner (1910)
"Painting of tinned Surfaces. — In the course of exposure tests near the seashore, which have been under the observation of the authors, in which the test ..."

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