airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc. | a thin sheet of metal (iron or steel) coated with tin to prevent rusting; used especially for cans, pots, and tins |
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 | |