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tinfoil

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tin·foil also tin foil  (tnfoil)
n.
A thin, pliable sheet of aluminum or of tin-lead alloy, used as a protective wrapping.

tinfoil [ˈtɪnˌfɔɪl]
n
1. (Engineering / Metallurgy) thin foil made of tin or an alloy of tin and lead
2. (Cookery) thin foil made of aluminium; used for wrapping foodstuffs
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Noun1.tinfoil - foil made of tin or an alloy of tin and lead
foil - a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal; "the photographic film was wrapped in 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
Translations
tinfoil [ˈtɪnfɔɪl] Npapel m de estaño

tinfoil [ˈtɪnfɔɪl] npapier m d'étain

tinfoil
n (= wrapping)Stanniolpapier nt; (= aluminium foil)Aluminiumfolie f

tinfoil [ˈtɪnˌfɔɪl] n(carta) stagnola
tinfoil [ˈtɪnˌfɔɪl] n(carta) stagnola

tinfoil وَرَق فضي hliníková fólie sølvpapir Aluminiumfolie ασημόχαρτο papel de aluminio folio papier d’aluminium alufolija stagnola アルミ箔 은박지 aluminiumfolie aluminiumsfolie folia aluminiowa papel de estanho оловянная фольга aluminiumfolie แผ่นอะลูมิเนียมที่ใช้ในครัว kalay yaldızı giấy thiếc 锡箔纸


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We are the photometers, we the irritable goldleaf and tinfoil that measure the accumulations of the subtle element.
 
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