aluminum foil

noun

: thin aluminum sheeting used especially to cover and wrap food

Examples of aluminum foil in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Line another baking sheet with aluminum foil and brush it with the remaining 1 tablespoon oil. — Candy Hom, AJC.com, 11 Oct. 2026

Using cheap aluminum foil on both sides instead of expensive copper foil makes sodium batteries much cheaper to produce. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026

Jennifer De Angelo Baxter sculpted green snake heads and a headpiece out of foam, aluminum foil and cardboard to conjure the mythical Greek monster Medusa. — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026

Wondering why aluminum foil even has a shiny side in the first place? — Heather Riske, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for aluminum foil

• aerofoil
• cinquefoil
• hydrofoil
• quatrefoil
• airfoil
• benzoyl
• despoil
• embroil
• etoile
• gargoyle
• recoil
• subsoil