tin
noun
a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Sn; 118.69; 50; 7.31 at 20°C.
will tin
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future tenseof tin.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Is it better to use a porcelain vessel, or will tin do?
From A Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery by Juliet Corson
When solid, if covered with one-quarter inch of melted paraffin, it will not mould, nor will tin covers be necessary.
From Cookery for Little Girls by Olive Hyde Foster
If the copper is clean it will tin, and if it is dirty it won't, and there the matter ends.
From On Laboratory Arts by Richard Threlfall
