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tin opener

nounB1Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

A tin opener is a tool that cuts the metal lid off a sealed food can. Find the tin opener.

Tins were invented about fifty years before anybody made a tool to open them. Early instructions said to open a tin with a hammer and a chisel.

Evan-Amos · Public domain

Definitions of tin opener

  1. 1nountin openerA tool that cuts the metal lid off a sealed food can.B1

    “The tin opener was the one thing they forgot to pack.”

    • Said"Where's the tin opener? I'm not doing this with a screwdriver again."
    • WrittenThe tin opener had lost its handle years ago and worked better for it.
    • UsedWash the tin opener after every use; the blade sits in the food.
    • ContrastA tin opener, not a knife. A knife will get in if you are brave; a tin opener does it cleanly. knife →
    • Not thisA bottle opener is not a tin opener. One lifts a cap; the other cuts a lid.
    • SimplyTake the tin opener. Open the tomatoes.

    Patternuse the tin opener · an electric / manual tin opener · can opener (American)

tin opener is a tool.

Also accepted in games: can opener

Remember it

TIN OPENer → it OPENs the TIN

It opens the tin: turn the handle and it cuts all the way round the top of the can.

hooks ontotinopen

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