| tin | (noun) airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc. | Synonyms: can, tin can |
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| (noun) metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour | Synonyms: canister, cannister |
| (noun) a vessel (box, can, pan, etc.) made of tinplate and used mainly in baking | - |
| (noun) a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide | Synonyms: atomic number 50, Sn |
| (verb) preserve in a can or tin | Synonyms: can, put up |
| (verb) prepare (a metal) for soldering or brazing by applying a thin layer of solder to the surface | - |
| (verb) plate with tin | - |
| tinamou | (noun) heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds | Synonyms: partridge |
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| tinct | (verb) color lightly | Synonyms: tinge, tint, touch |
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| tincture | (noun) (pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution | - |
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| (noun) a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color | Synonyms: shade, tint, tone |
| (noun) an indication that something has been present | Synonyms: shadow, trace, vestige |
| (noun) a substance that colors or dyes | - |
| (verb) stain or tinge with a slight amount of a color | - |
| (verb) fill, as with a certain quality | Synonyms: impregnate, infuse, instill |
| tinder | (noun) material for starting a fire | Synonyms: kindling, punk, spunk, touchwood |
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| tinderbox | (noun) a box for holding tinder | - |
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| (noun) a dangerous state of affairs; a situation that is a potential source of violence | - |
| tine | (noun) prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler | - |
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| tinea | (noun) infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches | Synonyms: ringworm, roundworm |
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| tined | (adjective) having prongs or tines; usually used in combination | Synonyms: pronged |
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| tineid | (noun) small yellowish moths whose larvae feed on wool or fur | Synonyms: tineid moth |
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| tineoid | (noun) small dull-colored moth with chewing mouthparts | Synonyms: tineoid moth |
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| tinfoil | (noun) foil made of tin or an alloy of tin and lead | Synonyms: tin foil |
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| ting | (noun) a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell | Synonyms: tinkle |
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| (verb) make a light, metallic sound; go `ting' | - |
| (verb) cause to make a ting | - |
| tinge | (noun) a pale or subdued color | Synonyms: undertone |
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| (noun) a slight but appreciable amount | Synonyms: hint, jot, mite, pinch, soupcon, speck, touch |
| (verb) color lightly | Synonyms: tinct, tint, touch |
| (verb) affect as in thought or feeling | Synonyms: color, colour, distort |
| tingle | (noun) a somatic sensation as from many tiny stings | Synonyms: prickling, tingling |
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| (noun) an almost pleasurable sensation of fright | Synonyms: chill, frisson, quiver, shiver, shudder, thrill |
| (verb) cause a stinging or tingling sensation | Synonyms: prickle |
| tingling | (adjective) exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements | Synonyms: tickling, titillating |
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| (noun) a somatic sensation as from many tiny stings | Synonyms: prickling, tingle |
| tininess | (noun) the property of being very small in size | Synonyms: diminutiveness, minuteness, petiteness, weeness |
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| tink | (verb) make or emit a high sound | Synonyms: chink, clink, tinkle |
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| tinker | (noun) small mackerel found nearly worldwide | Synonyms: chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus |
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| (noun) formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living | - |
| (noun) a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts | Synonyms: tinkerer |
| (verb) try to fix or mend | Synonyms: fiddle |
| (verb) do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly | Synonyms: mess around, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around, potter, putter |
| (verb) work as a tinker or tinkerer | - |
| tinkerer | (noun) an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend | Synonyms: fiddler |
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| (noun) a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts | Synonyms: tinker |
| tinkle | (noun) a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell | Synonyms: ting |
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| (verb) make or emit a high sound | Synonyms: chink, clink, tink |
| tinkling | (adjective) like the short high ringing sound of a small bell | Synonyms: tinkly |
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| tinkly | (adjective) like the short high ringing sound of a small bell | Synonyms: tinkling |
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| tinned | (adjective) sealed in a can or jar | Synonyms: canned |
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| tinner | (noun) someone who makes or repairs tinware | Synonyms: tinsmith |
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| tinning | (noun) the application of a protective layer of tin | Synonyms: tin-plating |
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| (noun) the application of a thin layer of soft solder to the ends of wires before soldering them | - |
| tinnitus | (noun) a ringing or booming sensation in one or both ears; a symptom of an ear infection or Meniere's disease | - |
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| tinny | (adjective) of or containing tin | - |
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| (adjective) of very poor quality; flimsy | Synonyms: bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy |
| (adjective) thin and metallic in sound; lacking resonance | - |
| tinplate | (noun) a thin sheet of metal (iron or steel) coated with tin to prevent rusting; used especially for cans, pots, and tins | Synonyms: tin plate |
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| tinpot | (adjective) inferior (especially of a country's leadership) | - |
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| tinsel | (noun) a thread with glittering metal foil attached | - |
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| (noun) a showy decoration that is basically valueless | - |
| (verb) interweave with tinsel | - |
| (verb) adorn with tinsel | - |
| (verb) impart a cheap brightness to | - |
| tinseled | (adjective) glittering with gold or silver | Synonyms: clinquant, tinselly |
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| tinselly | (adjective) glittering with gold or silver | Synonyms: clinquant, tinseled |
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| tinsmith | (noun) someone who makes or repairs tinware | Synonyms: tinner |
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| tinsnips | (noun) (plural) hand shears for cutting sheet metal | Synonyms: snips |
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| tint | (noun) a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color | Synonyms: shade, tincture, tone |
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| (noun) a just detectable amount | Synonyms: hint, suggestion, trace |
| (noun) a dye for coloring the hair | Synonyms: hair coloring, hair dye |
| (verb) color lightly | Synonyms: tinct, tinge, touch |
| tintack | (noun) tack or small nail of tinned iron | - |
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| tinter | (noun) a hairdresser who tints hair | - |
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| tinting | (noun) the act of adding a tinge of color | - |
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| tintinnabulate | (verb) ring or sound like a small bell | - |
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| tintinnabulation | (noun) the sound of a bell ringing | Synonyms: ring, ringing |
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| tintometer | (noun) a measuring instrument used in colorimetric analysis to determine the quantity of a substance from the color it yields with specific reagents | Synonyms: colorimeter |
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| tinware | (noun) articles of commerce made of tin plate | - |
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| tiny | (adjective) very small | Synonyms: bantam, diminutive, flyspeck, lilliputian, midget, petite |
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