aluminum foil

noun

: thin aluminum sheeting used especially to cover and wrap food

Examples of aluminum foil in a Sentence

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Don’t forget to cover your baking dish with aluminum foil for the first 45 minutes of cooking. Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025 Next, cover a baking sheet with aluminum foil, which serves as an excellent conductor of heat, then roll your egg-free cookie dough into small, quarter-size balls and space them out evenly on the sheet. Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 The most effective methods are those that involve movement, such as long strips of aluminum foil, holographic mylar tape streamers, or bobbing balloons, says Pierce. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 29 June 2025 To prevent burning, tent aluminum foil over your food. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 June 2025 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 16 Jul. 2025.

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