Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A thin, pliable sheet of tin or an alloy of tin and lead, used as a protective wrapping.

    foil made of tin or an alloy of tin and lead

  2. (countable, informal, uncountable)Aluminium foil.

Examples

22 sentences
  1. The latest variation of the classic tinfoil hat is the tinfoil beret.

    Остання версія класичної шапочки з фольги — берет із фольги.

    deDie neueste Spielart des klassischen Aluhuts ist das Alubarett.

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  2. Despite rumors to the contrary, a tinfoil hat is not effective against coronavirus.

    Незважаючи про чутки про протилежне, шапочка з фольги неефективна проти коронавірусу.

    ruНевзирая на слухи об обратном, шапочка из фольги не помогает от коронавируса.

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  3. We're all out of tinfoil.

    У нас закінчилася фольга.

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  4. You shouldn't put tinfoil in the microwave.

    deMan darf keine Aluminiumfolie in die Mikrowelle tun.

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  5. Maybe you should take off the tinfoil hat.

    ruВозможно, тебе следует снять шапочку из фольги.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

From tin + foil.

From tin + foil.

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Forms

plural: tinfoils
Singulartinfoil
Pluraltinfoils

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • foil made of tin or an alloy of tin and lead:tin foil

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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