Tin
noun
- 1.
- (a soft, silver white metallic chemical element, symbol, thin plates of iron or steel covered with this metal; tin plate, container made of this metal) សំណប៉ាហាំង, កំប៉ុង, ប្រអប់
adjective
- 1.
- (made of tin) ដែលធ្វើអំពីសំណប៉ាហាំង
verb — past tense: tinned ; past participle: tinned ; present participle: tinning ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to plate with tin) ប្រក់នឹងស័ង្កសី, ដាក់កំប៉ុង
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft white crystalline metal, malleable at ordinary temperatures, but brittle when heated. It is not easily oxidized in the air, and is used chiefly to coat iron to protect it from rusting, in the form of tin foil with mercury to form the reflective surface of mirrors, and in solder, bronze, speculum metal, and other alloys. Its compounds are designated as stannous, or stannic. Symbol Sn (Stannum). Atomic weight 117.4.
- 2.
- Thin plates of iron covered with tin; tin plate.
verb — past tense: tinned ; past participle: tinned ; present participle: tinning ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To cover with tin or tinned iron, or to overlay with tin foil.
- 1.
- Money