TINWARE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tinware mean? 

• TINWARE (noun)
  The noun TINWARE has 1 sense:

1. articles of commerce made of tin plate

  Familiarity information: TINWARE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TINWARE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Articles of commerce made of tin plate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("tinware" is a kind of...):

article of commerce (an article that is offered for sale)

Meronyms (substance of "tinware"):

tin plate; tinplate (a thin sheet of metal (iron or steel) coated with tin to prevent rusting; used especially for cans, pots, and tins)

 Context examples 

Now a bag of remarkable clothespins, next, a wonderful nutmeg grater which fell to pieces at the first trial, a knife cleaner that spoiled all the knives, or a sweeper that picked the nap neatly off the carpet and left the dirt, labor-saving soap that took the skin off one's hands, infallible cements which stuck firmly to nothing but the fingers of the deluded buyer, and every kind of tinware, from a toy savings bank for odd pennies, to a wonderful boiler which would wash articles in its own steam with every prospect of exploding in the process.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)