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tin foil

tin foil is the alternative form of tinfoil.

Meaning of tinfoil

Noun

tinfoil (countable and uncountable, plural tinfoils)

  1. A thin, pliable sheet of tin or an alloy of tin and lead, used as a protective wrapping.
  2. (informal) Aluminium foil.

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Questions about tin foil

What is tin foil the alternative form of?
Tin foil is the alternative form of tinfoil.

Words near tin foil in the dictionary

  1. tin dog
  2. tin dogs
  3. tin ear
  4. tin ears
  5. tin fish
  6. tin foil
  7. tin foil hat
  8. tin foil hats
  9. tin frame
  10. tin frames
  11. tin god

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tin foil (page history and authors); tinfoil (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.

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