Associations to the word «Tinplate»

Wiktionary

TINPLATE, noun. Alternative spelling of tin plate
TINPLATE, verb. Alternative spelling of tin plate

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope