- aluminum foil
- al,uminum `foil noun uncounta very thin light sheet of shiny metal that you can wrap food in to keep it fresh
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
aluminum foil
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aluminum foil — noun foil made of aluminum (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑aluminium foil, ↑tin foil • Hypernyms: ↑foil • Substance Meronyms: ↑aluminum, ↑aluminium, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
aluminum foil — tin foil, very thin sheets of aluminum used for wrapping and preserving foodstuffs … English contemporary dictionary
aluminum foil — noun A very thin, pliable, easily torn sheet of aluminum used for cooking, packaging, cosmetics, and insulation. Syn: tinfoil … Wiktionary
Aluminum foil — Алюминиевая фольга, альфоль … Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии
Aluminum foil web — Лента или рулон алюминиевой фольги … Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии
foil — foil1 foilable, adj. /foyl/, v.t. 1. to prevent the success of; frustrate; balk: Loyal troops foiled his attempt to overthrow the government. 2. to keep (a person) from succeeding in an enterprise, plan, etc. n. 3. Archaic. a defeat; check;… … Universalium
Foil (metal) — A roll of Aluminum Foil A foil is a very thin sheet of metal, usually made by hammering or rolling a piece of metal. Foils are most easily made with malleable metals, such as aluminium, copper, tin, and gold. Foils usually bend under their own… … Wikipedia
aluminum — noun a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite (Freq. 5) • Syn: ↑aluminium, ↑Al, ↑atomic number 13 • Derivationally related forms: ↑aluminous, ↑aluminize, ↑aluminise … Useful english dictionary
foil — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, alteration of fullen to full cloth, from Anglo French foller more at full Date: 14th century 1. obsolete trample 2. a. to prevent from attaining an end ; defeat < always able to … New Collegiate Dictionary
foil — 01. The robbery was [foiled] by an off duty policeman who was in the bank at the time depositing his paycheck. 02. Once again, Superman [foiled] the villain s plans to take over the planet. 03. He was arrested following a [foiled] attempt to… … Grammatical examples in English
