tinplate

Meanings

nountinplate (countable and uncountable, plural tinplates)

alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of tin plate.
[...] 4,000 tons of slabs will be sent to the R.T.B. works at Ebbw Vale and a further 8,000 a week will be rolled at the new R.T.B. Newport Works and returned to the Steel Co. of Wales at Trostre and Llangyfelach in coil form for processing into tinplate.
1961 August, “New traffic flows in South Wales”, in Trains Illustrated, page 493

verbtinplate (third-person singular simple present tinplates, present participle tinplating, simple past and past participle tinplated)

present singular third person tinplates · participle present tinplating · participle past tinplated · past tinplated

nouna thin sheet of metal (iron or steel) coated with tin to prevent rusting; used especially for cans, pots, and tins

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From tin + plate.

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