foil in English

noun

1

the track or scent of a hunted animal.

2

a setback in an enterprise; a defeat.

3

metal hammered or rolled into a thin flexible sheet, used chiefly for covering or wrapping food.

aluminum foil

4

a person or thing that contrasts with and so emphasizes and enhances the qualities of another.

the earthy taste of grilled vegetables is a perfect foil for the tart bite of creamy goat cheese

synonyms: contrast, complement, antithesis, relief

5

a leaf-shaped curve formed by the cusping of an arch or circle, typically occurring in groups of three or more in Gothic tracery.

6

a light fencing sword without cutting edges but with a button on its point.

Each adversary was dressed in a white jacket, the buttons of their foils were dipped in liquid; that of Lapiere's red, Le Brun's black.

7

each of the winglike structures fitted to a hydrofoil's hull to lift it clear of the water at speed.

Roller-furling headsails should be removed from the foils not only do they create windage but the chance of their unrolling is great.

verb

1

prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding.

a brave policewoman foiled the armed robbery

synonyms: thwart, frustrate, counter, balk, impede, obstruct, hamper, euchre, hinder, snooker, cripple, scotch, derail, scupper, scuttle, smash, stop, block, prevent, defeat, do for, put paid to, stymie, cook someone's goose

noun

contrast, complement, antithesis, relief
enhancer
transparency
hydrofoil

verb

thwart, cross
thwart, frustrate, counter, balk, impede, obstruct, hamper, euchre, hinder, snooker, cripple, scotch, derail, scupper, scuttle, smash, stop, block, prevent, defeat, do for, put paid to, stymie, cook someone's goose
cross, baffle, queer, scotch, frustrate, spoil, thwart, bilk

Use "foil" in a sentence

1. Aluminum foil.

2. This lifting action tears the foil and removes a portion of the foil attached to the foil retainer.

3. Tin foil

4. Caulking, Insulating fabrics, Covering materials, packaging materials being foil tapes, foil strips, foil tapes of aluminium, Butyl tape

5. Aluminium foil – 1 wipe

6. WEC Mutt Crankbait in Copper Foil Green Back Old Style Foil Pattern CarolinaCrankbait

7. scraps of aluminum foil

8. Aluminium foil in rolls:

9. Metal foil, Aluminium dishes

10. Foil cutters [hand tools]

11. Cover the chicken loosely with foil.

12. Aluminium wire, aluminum foil, aluminium structures

13. Film and Foil Crossover Capacitors

14. The hardier hot foil printing burns the foil on to the leather so that it doesn't rub off.

15. Coated aluminium foil with improved cold forming capability and package produced by using this aluminium foil

16. 26 Various insulating materials as electronic shield materials, PVC, film, Mylar, copper foil . aluminum foil, foam, ect.

17. Aluminum foil laminated paper for printing purposes

18. Plain aluminium foil with the following parameters:

19. Threaded rods of metal, aluminum foil

20. Aluminum foil sheets for hair frosting

21. Wrap the flask with aluminium foil

22. Chaffers - Rigid Air Foil Abilene Machine® Rigid Air Foil Chaffers for combines are made of galvanized material

23. 21 Use 3 1 / 2-inch insulation with a foil or paper backing,(www.Sentencedict.com) with the foil or paper facing out.

24. Antagonists often serve as foil characters to protagonists

25. Now, think about your interactions with aluminum foil.

26. If necessary protect any fleshy surfaces with foil.

27. Waxed paper and aluminium foil are also used.

28. Our foil packets seal the flavour in.

29. Screw the foil into a little ball.

30. I wrapped the sandwiches in kitchen foil.

31. Aluminium and magnesium alloy strip or foil:

32. The beaker is covered with aluminium foil.

33. Confetti Cone Stickers, Throw Me Labels, Foil Confetti Labels, Foil Wedding Stickers, Personal Wedding Stickers, Gold Rose Silver, D22 TheFoilStationeryCo

34. Enter 2 Binomials to perform FOIL multiplication: Note: For multiple variable expressions, use our Expand Calculator ()*() Binomial Multiplication (FOIL) Video

35. Foil of regenerated cellulose, other than for packing

36. Place the Brisket, fat cap up, in the middle of aluminum foil prepared in the roasting pan.Bring the aluminum foil together and close it, covering the Brisket loosely, leaving a little space between the Brisket and the foil.

37. He pricks holes in the foil with a pin.

38. Open foil on Bombes; turn Bombes out onto dishes

39. Inserts of aluminium foil for baking tins and pans

40. Emergency when anvil and roller levers on the foil.

41. Aluminium foil with clear lacquer on plastic carrier.

42. Lionel Barrymore Gold Foil Etching Framed Little Boatward Venice

43. The couple provided the perfect foil for one another.

44. Wrap the cake in a double thickness of foil.

45. Exclusive: Biden team Colluded with Iran to foil Trump diplomacy

46. A cold beer is the perfect foil for a curry.

47. 3 in 1 Corkscrew Bottle Opener Foil Cutter by HOST

48. Flexible aluminium foil bags for packaging liquids, pastes and powders

49. Apertures and Aperture Cleaning Self Cleaning Gold Foil Disc Apertures

50. She took the chocolate bar out of the foil wrapper.