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ALUMINIUM FOIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does aluminium foil mean?
• ALUMINIUM FOIL (noun)
The noun ALUMINIUM FOIL has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: ALUMINIUM FOIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Foil made of aluminum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
aluminium foil; aluminum foil; tin foil
Hypernyms ("aluminium foil" is a kind of...):
foil (a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal)
Meronyms (substance of "aluminium foil"):
Al; aluminium; aluminum; atomic number 13 (a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite)
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