TINFOIL

tinfoil, tin foil

(noun) foil made of tin or an alloy of tin and lead

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tinfoil (countable and uncountable, plural tinfoils)

A thin, pliable sheet of tin or an alloy of tin and lead, used as a protective wrapping.

(proscribed) aluminium foil

Verb

tinfoil (third-person singular simple present tinfoils, present participle tinfoiling, simple past and past participle tinfoiled)

(transitive) To cover in tinfoil.

Source: Wiktionary



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