Metal in pewter Crossword Clue
While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Metal in pewter crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on July 24 2024 Newsday Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Metal in pewter has a total of 3 letters.
| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99% | TIN | Metal in pewter | Newsday |
Definition
| • | An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft white crystalline metal, malleable at ordinary temperatures, but brittle when heated. It is not easily oxidized in the air, and is used chiefly to coat iron to protect it from rusting, in the form of tin foil with mercury to form the reflective surface of mirrors, and in solder, bronze, speculum metal, and other alloys. Its compounds are designated as stannous, or stannic. Symbol Sn (Stannum). Atomic weight 117.4. |
| • | Thin plates of iron covered with tin; tin plate. |
| • | Money. |
| • | To cover with tin or tinned iron, or to overlay with tin foil. |
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- Newsday: Jul 24, 2024
- USA Today: Aug 22, 2023
- Universal: Jun 10, 2023
- LA Times: Apr 27, 2023
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