tinfoil
English
noun
Definitions
- A thin, pliable sheet of tin or an alloy of tin and lead, used as a protective wrapping.
- (proscribed) aluminium foil
Etymology
Compound from English tin + English foil (leaf, a leaf).
Origin
English
foil
Gloss
leaf, a leaf
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
葉
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aerofoil English
- airfoil English
- biofoil English
- blisterfoil English
- cephalofoil English
- counterfoil English
- detin English
- dibutyltin English
- ditin English
- dufoil English
- featherfoil English
- foil English
- foilable English
- foilboard English
- foiler English
- foilest English
- foileth English
- foilist English
- foilsman English
- holofoil English
- hydrofoil English
- jetfoil English
- multifoil English
- nontin English
- octofoil English
- organotin English
- polyfoil English
- pre-tin English
- radiotin English
- rockfoil English
- rushfoil English
- tetrabutyltin English
- tin English
- tin whisker English
- tinclad English
- tinfree English
- tinful English
- tinhorn English
- tinless English
- tinlike English
- tinman English
- tinnen English
- tinner English
- tinnie English
- tinny English
- tinplate English
- tinsmithing English
- tinsmithy English
- tinsnips English
- tinstone English
- tintack English
- tintype English
- tinware English
- tinwork English
- trialkyltin English
- tributyltin English
- twifoil English
- untin English
- foili Finnish
- tin Old English
- foil Middle English
- tin Middle English
- tin Indonesian
- 聽 Chinese
- tiin Marshallese
- tinmit Tok Pisin
- tinpis Tok Pisin
- tin Atong (India)
- tin
- foil
- detin
- tinny
- ditin
- untin
- tinnen
- dufoil
- tinnie
- tinman
- foiler
- nontin
- tinner
- tinful
- airfoil
- foileth
- tinclad
- tintack
- tinware
- pre-tin
- tinfree
- tinless
- tinlike
- jetfoil
- foilest
- tintype
- foilist
- tinhorn
- tinwork
- twifoil
- biofoil
- aerofoil
- tinstone
- foilsman
- radiotin
- rushfoil
- tinplate
- foilable
- octofoil
- polyfoil
- holofoil
- rockfoil
- tinsnips
- multifoil
- foilboard
- tinsmithy
- hydrofoil
- organotin
- dibutyltin
- tin whisker
- tributyltin
- cephalofoil
- counterfoil
- trialkyltin
- featherfoil
- blisterfoil
- tinsmithing
- tetrabutyltin