Collocations withtin
These are words often used in combination withtin.
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biscuit tin
It is only by using modern technology that the shoe, ceramic, and biscuit tin industries—or any other industries—will remain in business in five or 10 years' time.
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pressed tin
The interior of the building consists of a single room with a high ceiling and elaborate pressed tin ornamentation.
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tin ceiling
The term tin ceiling is a misnomer, as these decorative sheets were never tinned; they were almost always painted sheet iron or steel.
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tin mine
A tin mine is not only a wasting asset.
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Hansard archive
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tin mining
It was not as high as it was in the previous year and his profit from tin mining was minimal.
From theCambridge English Corpus
tin oxide
The cleansing process allowed the tin oxide gas sensor to stabilise.
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tin roof
Not having a house with a tin roof is the reference category.
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tin shed
Seeds were covered with a fine layer of sand, watered and placed in a tin shed.
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tin whisker
With all of these products in the field, no significant numbers of tin whisker-related failures have been reported.
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Wikipedia
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