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tin plate

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tin plate
n.
Thin sheet iron or steel coated with tin to prevent rusting, used especially to make cans and pots.
tin plate
Noun
thin steel sheet coated with a layer of tin to protect it from corrosion
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Noun1.tin platetin plate - a thin sheet of metal (iron or steel) coated with tin to prevent rusting; used especially for cans, pots, and tins
tinplate
sheet metal - sheet of metal formed into a thin plate
tin - a vessel (box, can, pan, etc.) made of tinplate and used mainly in baking
tinware - articles of commerce made of tin plate


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I wondered awhile, but soon I began to long for a tin plate, and some bacon and beans.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
They had brought him his supper, which was "duffers and dope"--being hunks of dry bread on a tin plate, and coffee, called "dope" because it was drugged to keep the prisoners quiet.
The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context
She fried potato dollars and onions in the same pan, but separately, and set them on top of the coffee pot in the tin plate she was to eat from, covering it with Billy's inverted plate.
The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context
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