tin

Everyday

1. Tin is a soft, silvery-white metal. tree →
2. A tin is a metal container with a lid, for keeping food like biscuits or cake. tree →
3. In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, a tin is a sealed metal can of food, like a tin of beans; Americans say «can». tree →
4. Tin can describe something made of thin metal, like a tin roof. tree →

In the lessons

In science, tin is one of the metals; it does not rust easily and is used to coat steel cans, and mixed with copper it makes bronze. In history, the Bronze Age began when people learned to mix tin and copper. In everyday life, baking tins and biscuit tins are common, and tins go in the recycling. Phrases: «tin of beans», «baking tin», «tin foil», «tin can».

Examples

• Pass me a tin of tomatoes. tree →
• Grandma keeps biscuits in a round tin. tree →
• Grease the cake tin before you pour the mix. tree →
• Bronze is made from copper and tin. tree →
• Put the empty tins in the recycling bin. tree →
• Rain was drumming on the tin roof. tree →
• Be careful, the edge of an open tin is sharp. tree →
• The Tin Man wanted a heart. tree →

Note

Uncountable for the metal (made of tin); countable for the container (two tins). British «tin» = American «can» for food. «Tin foil» is usually made of aluminium today, not tin. Safety: the cut edge of an opened tin can cut fingers.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Tin was a metal named among the spoils of war and the goods traded by Tarshish. Ezekiel uses it, with brass, iron and lead, as a picture of worthless dross, which tradition reads as Israel's sin. In the primary lessons: In science, tin is one of the metals; it does not rust easily and is used to coat steel cans, and mixed with copper it makes bronze. In history, the Bronze Age began when people learned to mix tin and copper. In everyday life, baking tins and biscuit tins are common, and tins go in the recycling. Phrases: «tin of beans», «baking tin», «tin foil», «tin can».

Examples

• Howbeit the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead, (Torah NUM.31.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• The Hebrew letters according to the Arabic order would be as follows 'in 'J DO'' "Dp r)Syti *"iB' Di Tin;. r2N. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded for thy wares. (Prophets EZK.27.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• 'Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross unto Me; all of them are brass and tin and iron and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are the dross of silver. (Prophets EZK.22.18, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Uncountable for the metal (made of tin); countable for the container (two tins). British «tin» = American «can» for food. «Tin foil» is usually made of aluminium today, not tin. Safety: the cut edge of an opened tin can cut fingers.