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Webster 1828 Edition

Tinfoil

TINFOIL

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Noun.

[tin and L. folium, a leaf.] Tin reduced to a thin leaf.

Definition 2024

tinfoil

tinfoil

See also: tin-foil and tin foil

English

Noun

tinfoil ‎(countable and uncountable, plural tinfoils)

a thin, pliable sheet of tin or an alloy of tin and lead, used as a protective wrapping
(as a misnomer) aluminium foil

Alternative forms

tin foil

Derived terms

tin-foil hat

Related terms

tin can

Translations

tinfoil

Chinese:
Mandarin: 錫箔 (zh), 锡箔 (zh) ‎(xībó)
Czech: staniol m
Danish: stanniol n, c, sølvpapir n
Greek: αλουμινόχαρτο (el) n ‎(alouminócharto)
Japanese: 錫箔 ‎(すずはく, suzuhaku)

Korean: 석박 ‎(seokbak) (錫箔)
Scottish Gaelic: sgragall m
Spanish: papel de estaño m
Tagalog: palara
Yiddish: זילבערפּאַפּיר n ‎(zilberpapir)