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ALUMINUM FOIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does aluminum foil mean?
• ALUMINUM FOIL (noun)
The noun ALUMINUM FOIL has 1 sense:
1. foil made of aluminum
Familiarity information: ALUMINUM 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 ("aluminum foil" is a kind of...):
foil (a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal)
Meronyms (substance of "aluminum foil"):
Al; aluminium; aluminum; atomic number 13 (a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite)
Context examples
Other examples include aluminum foil packets into which alcohol swabs and pledgets are placed.
(Packet, NCI Thesaurus)
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