tin can
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tin can
noun tin cans
- A container, usually cylindrical, made out of sheet metal coated with tin, or (by extension) aluminum.
- A destroyer. ‘What was it you said you did aboard that tin-can you came from?’
- An inexpensive car. They're driving the same tin can they've had since Emma and I were in kindergarten.
- A motor home or trailer. I was too late as bearing down the ribbon of no return was a huge tin can piloted by two women with hair blowing over the side windows.
- A metal spaceship or space station. For here am I sitting in a tin can / Far above the world / Planet Earth is blue / And there's nothing I can do
- A nickname for a robot or artificial intelligence. Do as you’re told, tin can!
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noun container
| 한국어 | 깡통 kkangtong, 캔 kaen |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 罐詰め kandzume, 缶 kan, 罐 kan |
| 中文 | 罐頭 /罐头 guàntou, guàntóu |
| Português | latinha |
| Français | boîte de conserve |
| Deutsch | Konservendose, Blechbüchse |
| Italiano | lattina, barattolo |
| Ελληνικά | κονσερβοκούτι konservokoúti, κονσέρβα konsérva |
| Română | conservă, cutie de tinichea |
| Русский | жестя́нка žestjánka, консе́рвная ба́нка konsérvnaja bánka, ба́нка bánka, консе́рва konsérva |
| Tiếng Việt | lon thiếc, hộp thiếc |
| العربية | عُبُوَّةُ الصَّفِيح ʕubuwwatu ṣ-ṣafīḥ, عُلْبَةُ الصَّفِيح ʕulbatu ṣ-ṣafīḥ |
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@misc{tin_can_2026,
title = {tin can},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tin%20can},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
