foil, n.
(foils)
freq. cnt. 5
(foils)
freq. cnt. 5
a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5
foil
sample sentences
"the photographic film was wrapped in foil"
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hyponym
hypernym
a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
<noun.artifact>
foil
picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
<noun.artifact>
foil transparency
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hyponym
a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through
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foil hydrofoil
anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
<noun.cognition>
enhancer foil