tin foil
Frequency: 5.54.5 per million words
An older term for aluminium foil.
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Examples (10)
- My grandmother always wrapped the leftovers in tin foil.
- Cover the roasting pan with tin foil to keep the chicken moist.
- The children made shiny robot costumes out of cardboard boxes and tin foil.
- Before aluminum foil was common, people used tin foil for wrapping food.
- He crumpled a piece of tin foil into a ball for the cat to play with.
- Do you have a roll of tin foil I can borrow for the barbecue?
- She shaped the tin foil into a small tray to catch the drips in the oven.
- To sharpen your scissors, you can try cutting through a folded sheet of tin foil.
- The old recipe book specifically calls for wrapping the potatoes in tin foil.
- I need some tin foil to protect the pie crust from burning.