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 — al,uminum foil noun uncount a 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
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
