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Word entry · 4 letters

foil

Best crossword clue

"Thin metal sheet"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /fɔɪl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted filoStarts with FEnds with L1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. cover or back with foil

Word origin

From Middle English foyle, from Middle French fueille, from Old French fueille (“plant leaf”), from Late Latin folia, the plural of folium, mistaken as a singular feminine.

Used in a sentence

  • wrap the sandwich up in foil
  • As she a black silk cap on him begun / To set, for foil of his milk-white to serve.
    The New Arcadia
  • 1725-1726, William Broome, The Odyssey Hector has also a foil to set regard

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01Thin metal sheet4 letters

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