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tain
[ teyn ]
/ teɪn /
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noun
a thin tin plate.
tin foil for the backs of mirrors.
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Origin of tain
1855–60; <French: silvering, foil, aphetic variant of étain tin
Words nearby tain
tailstock, tailwater, tail wheel, tailwind, Taimyr Peninsula, tain, Tainan, TaÃnaron, Taine, TaÃno, taint
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British Dictionary definitions for tain
tain
/ (teɪn) /
noun
tinfoil used in backing mirrors
Word Origin for tain
from French, from étain tin, from Old French estain, from Latin stagnum alloy of silver and lead; see stannum
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