any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. | airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc. |
a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten | metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour |
| a vessel (box, can, pan, etc.) made of tinplate and used mainly in baking |
| a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide |