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foil
What does foil mean?
foil (noun): a very thin sheet of metal.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use foil in a sentence?
- The photographic film was wrapped in foil. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce foil?
/fɔɪl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does foil come from?
From Middle English foyle, from Middle French fueille, from Old French fueille (“plant leaf”), from Late Latin folia, the plural of folium, mistaken as a singular feminine.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “foil” mean?
a separate part of a whole
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concentration of attention
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the upper part of anything
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a very thin sheet of metal
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