tinware

[ tin-wair ]

noun
  1. articles made of tin plate.

Origin of tinware

1
First recorded in 1750–60; tin + ware1

Words Nearby tinware

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How to use tinware in a sentence

  • Sometimes they resorted to missiles—stones, tinware—even dressed poultry which Auntie Cord was preparing for the oven.

  • Two other dishes made from common pressed tinware, with the tops cut off and turned, also without wire.

    Woodcraft and Camping | George Washington Sears (Nessmuk)
  • My entire outfit for cooking and eating dishes comprises five pieces of tinware.

    Woodcraft and Camping | George Washington Sears (Nessmuk)
  • It is only when I go into a very accessible camp that I take so much as five pieces of tinware along.

    Woodcraft and Camping | George Washington Sears (Nessmuk)
  • My understanding mate merely chuckled—and went on unpacking the tinware.

British Dictionary definitions for tinware

tinware

/ (ˈtɪnˌwɛə) /


noun
  1. objects made of tin plate

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