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PRONUNCIATION OF TIN-OPENER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TIN-OPENER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tin-Opener is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TIN-OPENER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of tin-opener in the English dictionary

The definition of tin-opener in the dictionary is a small tool for opening tins.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TIN-OPENER

tin fish
tin god
tin hat
tin lizzie
tin mine
Tin Pan Alley
tin plate
tin snips
tin soldier
tin whistle
tin-plate
tin-plater
tina
tinaja
tinamou
Tinbergen
tincal
tinchel
tinct
tinctorial

WORDS THAT END LIKE TIN-OPENER

bottle-opener
can-opener
cheapener
dampener
deepener
eye-opener
fastener
gardener
greener
Kitchener
knife-sharpener
letter opener
listener
opener
pencil sharpener
reopener
ripener
screener
sharpener
wiener

Synonyms and antonyms of tin-opener in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tin-opener» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TIN-OPENER

Find out the translation of tin-opener to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tin-opener from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tin-opener» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

开罐器
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

abrelatas
570 millions of speakers

English

tin-opener
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टिन सलामी बल्लेबाज
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فَتَّاحَةُ العُلَب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

консервный нож
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

abridor de latas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টিনের কৌটা খোলার ছুরি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ouvre-boîtes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

pembuka tin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Dosenöffner
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

缶切り
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

깡통따개
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Timah-opener
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dụng cụ mở đồ hộp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தகர திறப்பான்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डब्बा उघडण्याचे एक साधन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

konserve açacağı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

apriscatole
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

otwieracz do konserw
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

консервний ніж
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

deschizător de conserve
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανοιχτήρι για κονσέρβες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tin - opener
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

burköppnare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

boksåpner
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tin-opener

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TIN-OPENER»

The term «tin-opener» is normally little used and occupies the 111.623 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TIN-OPENER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tin-opener» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tin-opener» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tin-opener

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TIN-OPENER»

Discover the use of tin-opener in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tin-opener and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Healthy Cooking for Primary Schools -
Be very careful when you open a tin with a tin opener, as the sharp edge can cut you. There are many types of tin openers. The most common one is the butterfly tin opener. With this type of tin opener, you have to press a sharp part into the tin,  ...
Sandra Mulvany, 2009
2
Parables of Salvation
Visual aid: Tin of food, tin-opener, tools such as an axe, hacksaw, hammer and chisel. A second tin-opener is also useful. READING: Ephesians 2:10 or Exodus 20:1-3 or James 3:7-12 The talk can be introduced by asking if the audience gets  ...
David Williams, 2002
3
Healthy Cooking for Secondary Schools -
Be very careful when you open a tin with a tin opener, as the sharp edge can cut you. There are many types of tin openers. The most common one is the butterfly tin opener. With this type of tin opener, you have to press a sharp part into the tin,  ...
Sandra Mulvany, 2009
4
Locke
It might be objected to the present account that, if a concept tin-opener is defined as article with the function of opening tins, 'tin-opener' cannot be a composite term just because there is no other sortal, buried in the concept or definition, ...
Michael Ayers, 1993
5
Essential Shit - Bollocks Why Didn't I Think of That
You would think the creation of the tin opener would chime with the creation of tinned food. You would think that... but you'd be wrong. Cockney merchant adventurer Peter Durand patented the concept of tinning food in 1810. And he used the ...
Anthony Rubino Jr, 2012
6
Locke-Arg Philosophers
It might be objected to the present account that, if a concept tin-opener is defined as article with the function of opening tins, 'tin-opener' cannot be a composite term just because there is no other sortal, buried in the concept or definition, ...
Michael Ayers, 2013
7
Comment C'est
... the tin- opener with its spind\e-shaped bone handle te by the feel rest Oh I ... tin the tin- opener these ...
Samuel Beckett, Edouard Magessa O'Reilly, 2001
8
White Wedding
'But I would appreciate the tin opener if you can find it.' 'I'll find it,' said Bel, pulling herself to her feet — successfully this time. She opened the creaky cottage door. ' Thank you for er . . . babysitting me.' That sounded ridiculous. 'It wasn't as if I ...
Milly Johnson, 2012
9
Category Specificity in Brain and Mind
For example, let us return to our earlier example of a tin opener. Tin openers, even more than foxes, come in many shapes, sizes, and colours (Figure 3.1). The “perceptual essence” of a tin opener is relatively hard to define. On the other hand, ...
Emer Forde, Glyn Humphreys, 2005
10
Nostalgia
Even so, blue circle meant good, so I reached out and picked the tin opener up to investigate. As I lifted the tin opener off the table a short piece of string which had been attached to it fell away, and a small screen which I hadn't previously ...
Peter Maddaford

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TIN-OPENER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tin-opener is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Is the world ready for Fortnum & Mason's gourmet baked beans?
Beans are one of them, and I'd rarely be tempted to fetch the tin-opener for anything other than Heinz. But "posh beans" have been increasingly popular of late ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 14»
2
Cryptic crossword No 26179
... good place to see the stars come out (5,4); 16 Prevent animal swallowing the tin-opener (5); 17 Separate audition is held for a role (5); 19 The Easter Rising? «The Guardian, Feb 14»
3
The idea of shirtism
... would buy a diamond-encrusted tin-opener in the belief that if it is a thousand times more expensive than a normal tin-opener it must be better at opening tins. «ESPNcricinfo.com, Apr 13»
4
When dogs were a cutting edge kitchen appliance: CONSIDER THE …
Apart from that, she had a few wooden spoons, a tin-opener, a collection of aluminium saucepans with chipped bakelite handles and a blackened frying pan. «Daily Mail, Nov 12»
5
Jokes: A glutton for pun-ishment
So I was in the jungle and I saw this monkey with a tin-opener. I said: “You don't need a tin-opener to peel a banana.” He said: “I know, this is for the custard.”. «Express.co.uk, Nov 10»
6
Tin-opener theology from Turkey
"Tin-opener theology" is how the leading Western expert on the subject dismisses the efforts at Ankara University to date. Father Felix Koerner, a German Jesuit, ... «Asia Times Online, Jun 08»
7
Women have achieved increased economic power but at what cost?
Increasingly, I begin to think that the issue which will, like a tin-opener, finally crack this open - is the falling birth rate. All over Europe, women are choosing not to ... «BBC News, Apr 04»

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