Definition of foil | What does foil mean?
What is the definition of the word FOIL?
Here is a list of definitions for foil.
- a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal; "the photographic film was wrapped in foil"
- anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities; "pretty girls like plain friends as foils"
- a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through; "the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils"
- picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
- a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
What are the verbs of the word FOIL?
Here is a list of definitions for foil.
- enhance by contrast; "In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background"
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
- cover or back with foil; "foil mirrors"
What are the synonyms of the word FOIL?
What is another word for FOIL?. Here is a list of synonyms for FOIL
Words beginning with FOIL?
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In which dictionaries does the word foil exist?
English International (SOWPODS) - Yes
English USA (TWL 98) - Yes
English USA (TWL 06) - Yes
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW2012) - Yes
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW2007) - Yes
Words with Friends (WWF) - Yes
Enable1 (ENABLE1) - Yes
Letterpress (LETTERPRESS) - Yes