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TIN FOIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tin foil mean?
• TIN FOIL (noun)
The noun TIN FOIL has 2 senses:
1. foil made of tin or an alloy of tin and lead
2. foil made of aluminum
Familiarity information: TIN FOIL used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Foil made of tin or an alloy of tin and lead
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
tin foil; tinfoil
Hypernyms ("tin foil" is a kind of...):
foil (a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal)
Meronyms (substance of "tin foil"):
atomic number 50; Sn; tin (a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Foil made of aluminum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
aluminium foil; aluminum foil; tin foil
Hypernyms ("tin foil" is a kind of...):
foil (a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal)
Meronyms (substance of "tin foil"):
Al; aluminium; aluminum; atomic number 13 (a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite)
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