aluminum foil

noun

: thin aluminum sheeting used especially to cover and wrap food

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Transfer to a platter and cover loosely with aluminum foil. Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2025 Line a large, rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil. Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2025 Line a sheet pan with aluminum foil and lightly grease it with olive oil. 2. Andee Tagle, NPR, 24 July 2025 The location, which kept aluminum foil, deodorants and certain other products behind locked glass, abandoned self check-out more than a year ago, and generally opened no more than two cashier lanes at a time. Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 22 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for aluminum foil

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of aluminum foil was in 1858

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“Aluminum foil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aluminum%20foil. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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