Usually means: Metal container for food, drinks.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word tin can:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. tin can: Merriam-Webster
  2. tin can: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tin can: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. tin can: Collins English Dictionary
  5. tin can: Vocabulary.com
  6. tin-can: Wordnik
  7. tin can: Wiktionary
  8. tin can: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. tin can: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. tin can: Dictionary.com
  11. Tin Can (basketball arena), Tin can: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. tin can: Rhymezone
  13. tin can: FreeDictionary.org
  14. tin can: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. tin can: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tin can: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Tin Can: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. 2060 Shadow-Slang (No longer online)

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tin can)

▸ noun:  A container, usually cylindrical, made out of sheet metal coated with tin, or (by extension) aluminum.
▸ noun:  (nautical, slang) A destroyer.
▸ noun:  (slang) An inexpensive car.
▸ noun:  (slang) A motor home or trailer.
▸ noun:  (science fiction, slang) A metal spaceship or space station.

Similar:
can, tin, tinplate, mess tin, tube, tin can telephone, cankin, canister, tinny, tain, more...

Opposite:
copener, canister, container, jar, bottle

Types:
soup can, beans can, peas can, corn can, tomato can, sardine can, olive can, peanut can, more...

Phrases:
tin can telephone, Life in a Tin Can, The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors, Tin Can Island Port, more...

Adjectives:
handblown, tin, blank, sterling, glazen, metal, frit, aggry, putty, glassy, smoked

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Similar:
can, tin, tinplate, mess tin, tube, tin can telephone, cankin, canister, tinny, tain, more...

Opposite:
copener, canister, container, jar, bottle

Types:
soup can, beans can, peas can, corn can, tomato can, sardine can, olive can, peanut can, more...

Phrases:
tin can telephone, Life in a Tin Can, The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors, Tin Can Island Port, more...

Adjectives:
handblown, tin, blank, sterling, glazen, metal, frit, aggry, putty, glassy, smoked



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