Sn

Definitions of Sn
  1. noun
    airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
    synonyms: blik, blikje, tin
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    bierblikje
    a can that holds beer
    theebus
    a can for storing tea
    melkbus, melkemmer
    large can for transporting milk
    oliekan, oliespuit, petroleumkan
    a can with a long nozzle to apply oil to machinery
    type of:
    container, laadkist
    any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
  2. noun
    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
    synonyms: conservenblik, tin
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    type of:
    metaal
    any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
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