Foil (Noun)
Meaning 1
A light slender flexible sword tipped by a button.
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Meaning 2
Anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities; "pretty girls like plain friends as foils".
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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Meaning 3
A piece of thin and flexible sheet metal; "the photographic film was wrapped in foil".
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 4
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".
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 5
Picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.