aluminum foil

noun

: thin aluminum sheeting used especially to cover and wrap food

Examples of aluminum foil in a Sentence

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Premature babies at Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital are surrounded by aluminum foil for warmth after their incubators shut down due to a lack of electricity, Nov. 12, 2023. Ahmed Shawkat, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026 Carol Swan went to her first-ever protest in Denver’s Civic Center on Saturday dressed like Lady Liberty — a tiara of crystals and wire, a teal bedsheet-turned-dress that belonged to her late grandmother and a torch fashioned from aluminum foil. Katie Langford, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2026 Place it on aluminum foil and directly onto the oven rack. Cody Godwin, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026 Cover dish tightly with aluminum foil. Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026 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 8 Apr. 2026.

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