Word Finder - foil

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A very thin sheet of metal.

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Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.

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wrap the sandwich up in foil

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A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.

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(authorship) In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist.

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Anything that acts by contrast to emphasise the characteristics of something.

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A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip

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A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation. See transparency.

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A stylized flower or leaf.

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A hydrofoil.

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An aerofoil/airfoil.

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To cover or wrap with foil.

Foil dinners are easy to assemble and cook.

What would be the perfect foil for the Zero?

Using only scotch tape and a piece of foil, turn it into a Christmas tree.

Remove lamb, tent with foil, and allow it to rest while potatoes cook.

Place in a covered roasting ting tin, or wrap in foil.

Commercially pure tin is used for making such apparatus as evaporating basins, infusion pots, stills, &c. It is also employed for making two varieties of tin-foil - one for the silvering of mirrors (see Mirror), the other for wrapping up chocolate, toilet soap, tobacco, &c. The mirror foil must contain some copper to prevent it from being too readily amalgamated by the mercury.

This article will explain some of the reasons for changing your passwords and give you tips on how to choose the best passwords to foil identity thieves and protect yourself.

Naomi Watts is the perfect foil to the ten-ton grumpy gorilla, who savages his way through tropical Jurassic forestland and 1930's Manhattan alike.

Renan, Les rabbins francais, pp. 647 foil.; Perles, Salomo ben Abraham ben Adereth, pp. 15-54; Jewish Encyclopaedia, s.v.

The cathodes, which are sheets of thin lead foil weighing 12 lb to the sq.

On the history of Neoplatonism with special reference to the decline of Roman polytheism, see, e.g., Samuel Dill, Roman Society in the Last Century of the Western Empire (1898), pp. 82 foil.

Benjamin Franklin and Bevis devised independently the form of condenser known as a Franklin or Leyden pane, which consists of a sheet of glass, partly coated on both sides with tin foil or silver leaf, a margin of glass all round being left to insulate the two tin foils from each other.

The jar has a certain capacity C which is best expressed in microfarads or electrostatic units (see Electrostatics), and is determined by the surface of the tin foil and thickness and quality of the glass.

Bruce 's Watson is a humourous foil to Rathbone 's intense seriousness - although Holmes himself is not averse to the odd witty quip.

A sledgehammer was applied with no dent; hardly paper backed foil radar reflector easily torn by a 4 year old.

Remove the tenderloins from the grill and cover loosely with foil.

It 's not any thicker than tin foil in a pack of cigarettes.

Products with food or oil stains, waxy coatings, stickers, foil accents, or lamination are generally unable to be recycled.

Remove the chicken and place on a plate, cover loosely with foil.

Slowly the foil turns into a real, solid aluminum can which he sets down on a table with a loud thud.

Line a large wok or pan with 2 to 3 layers of strong foil with a 8 cm overhang.

Toutain, Les Cites romaines de la Tunisie (1895); Atlas archeologique de la Tunisie, published by the Ministry of Public Instruction (1895 foll.); Atlas archeologique de l'Algerie, published by Stephane Gsell (1900 foil.); Toulotte, Geographic de l'Afrique chretienne (1892-1894); Corpus inscriptionum latinarum, vol.

Keep them warm in a low oven or over a pan of simmering water, with a tent of foil over them.

You can remove the foil later once your kittens good litter habits become ingrained.

Try placing tin foil, double sided tape, or upside down carpet runners (spike-side up) in the soiled area to further discourage Kitty from pottying there.

Instead of using foil or plastic wrap to store leftovers, use reusable containers.

Also known as wall sconces, these wall lamps are made using the same Copper Foil Method used to make Tiffany table lamps.

Each piece is wrapped in copper foil and soldered together.

This technique is known as the Copper Foil Method, which is how original Tiffany lamps were made.

Tape aluminum foil over the side of your object you just cut the whole in.

Be sure to cover the whole area with aluminum foil that is firmly taped down.

The aluminum foil and tape over the open hole should be as taut as possible.

Some would even recommend covering the whole object in foil, but this is up to you.

Available options include faux chrome, glowing edges, posterization, neon glow, colored foil, faux enamel, halftone, colored edges, hot wax coating, magnifying lens, and solarize.

Cooking a Thanksgiving turkey doesn't have to be a big trauma...all you need is patience and a little foil.

One thing that most first-time turkey cooks forget is to foil the bird.

To keep the white meat from becoming overcooked while the dark meat finishes cooking, you need to take a piece of foil and place it over the turkey breast.

If the idea of molding a piece of foil to a scorching hot turkey breast seems like it would be a difficult proposition, I assure you it is.

This is why you want to mold the foil to the turkey breast before you place it in the oven and keep it to the side until the breast is done cooking.

Place the foil on the breast of the turkey, molding it tightly to the turkey.

Remove the foil form the turkey, but keep it handy.

Place the molded foil onto the breast of the turkey and roast for another 45 minutes.

Foil Wrapped - Cooking a turkey wrapped in aluminum foil produces very moist meat because the turkey steams in its own juices.

Tear off a piece of heavy duty aluminum foil three times the length of the turkey.

The ends of the foil should overlap, and the sides should come up around the bird.

When using a thermometer, insert it through the foil.

Spread the sugar out on a small piece of foil and place the foil in your oven without turning it.

Cover glass baking dish with aluminum foil and bake for 90 minutes, until the garlic and shallots are soft.

Allow the lamb to rest outside of the oven, lightly covered with foil, for 30 minutes before carving and serving.

Heavy duty aluminum foil, plastic wrap, and airtight containers appropriate for food storage are good choices to keep food fresh and safe to eat.