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Definition of Aluminum foil
1. Noun. Foil made of aluminum.
Generic synonyms: Foil
Terms within: Al, Aluminium, Aluminum, Atomic Number 13
Definition of Aluminum foil
1. Noun. (North America) A very thin, pliable, easily torn sheet of aluminum used for cooking, packaging, cosmetics, and insulation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aluminum Foil
Literary usage of Aluminum foil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Purchasing Principles and Practices by John Cecil Dinsmore (1922)
"aluminum foil.—Shall consist of pure aluminum foil, free from paper and any
foreign ingredients. Babbitt Metal.—Shall contain bearing metal of all kinds. ..."
2. A Manual of Quantitative Chemical Analysis for the Use of Students by Frederick Augustus Cairns, Elwyn Waller (1896)
"The solution is run into a flask, containing two or three strips of aluminum
foil ($ by 1£ inches). When precipitation is complete, the flask is inverted ..."
3. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1922)
"aluminum foil. Use strips of pure aluminum approximately 10 cm. long, 9 mm. wide,
... Add a strip of aluminum foil. Close the tube by of a rubber stopper ..."
4. Multi-Language Glossary on Natural Disasters edited by Kenzo Toki (1994)
"A material composed of a double layer of high-strength bubble-pack with aluminum
foil bonded on both sides is available. It has a high compression strength ..."
5. Energy by Katy Allen (2002)
"Materials • student record sheet on page 63, reproduced for each student • overhead
transparency of Energy Conversion on page 57 • 6" (15 cm) aluminum foil ..."
6. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1895)
"This solution is boiled with strips of aluminum foil, resulting in the complete
... The liquid is decanted from off the aluminum foil and copper, ..."
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