tin-white

[ tin-hwahyt, -wahyt ]

adjective

1. white, as the color of tin; bluish-white.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tin-white¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; tin + white

Example Sentences

He pulled out a piece of tin white mineral with a brilliant metallic luster, sparkling with curious crystals.

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The colour is lead-grey inclining to tin-white and often with a yellowish or iridescent tarnish.

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Sometimes pyrites of a tin-white color are found mixed among the coal.

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Aluminium is a tin-white metal which melts at 640° and is very light, having a density of 2.68.

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The commercial and impure metal is of a tin-white color, and may frequently be split in parallel strata.

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