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    TINFOIL

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Foil made of tin or an alloy of tin and leadplay

    Synonyms:

    tin foil; tinfoil

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("tinfoil" is a kind of...):

    foil (a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal)

    Meronyms (substance of "tinfoil"):

    atomic number 50; Sn; tin (a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide)

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