tinning

noun

1. a soft, silver-white, crystalline, metallic chemical element, malleable at ordinary temperatures and used in making shiny alloys and tinfoils, solders, utensils, tin plate, superconducting magnets, etc.: symbol, Sn; at. no., 50
2. tin plate
3. 1. a pan, box, etc. made of tin plate
   2. Chiefly Brit. can (, )
4. Slang money

Origin: ME < OE, akin to Ger zinn; only in Gmc languages

transitive verb tinned, tinning

1. to cover or plate with tin
2. Chiefly Brit. can ()