Word.ws English Dictionary

aluminum foil

aluminum foil is the US standard form of aluminium foil.

Meaning of aluminium foil

Noun

aluminium foil (usually uncountable, plural aluminium foils)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, usually) A very thin, pliable, easily torn sheet of aluminium used for cooking, packaging, cosmetics, and insulation.
    Synonyms:
    tinfoil, tin foil

Forms of aluminum foil

pluralaluminum foils

Questions about aluminum foil

What is aluminum foil the US standard form of?
Aluminum foil is the US standard form of aluminium foil.

Words near aluminum foil in the dictionary

  1. aluminous
  2. aluminoxane
  3. aluminoxanes
  4. aluminum
  5. aluminum chloride
  6. aluminum foil
  7. aluminum foils
  8. aluminum hydride
  9. aluminum hydroxide
  10. aluminum hydroxides
  11. aluminum oxide

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: aluminum foil (page history and authors); aluminium foil (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “aluminum foil.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/aluminum_foil. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.