tin-white

American  

[tin-hwahyt, -wahyt] / ˈtɪnˈʰwaɪt, -ˈwaɪt /

adjective

1. white, as the color of tin; bluish-white.

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Etymology

Origin of tin-white

First recorded in 1790–1800; tin + white

Example Sentences

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tin-white

The commercial and impure metal is of a tin-white color, and may frequently be split in parallel strata.

From A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations by Anonymous

Aluminium is a tin-white metal which melts at 640° and is very light, having a density of 2.68.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson

Prepared in this way it forms a black powder; when melted it forms a tin-white metal which is less fusible and more malleable than wrought iron.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson

The colour is lead-grey inclining to tin-white and often with a yellowish or iridescent tarnish.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various

These masses are of a dull grey colour, owing to surface tarnish; only on fresh fractures is the colour tin-white with metallic lustre.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various