Dictionary Check: foil

"foil" is a valid word!

Scrabble 7 points
Words with Friends 8 points

Definition

noun

a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal

Example: "the photographic film was wrapped in foil"
noun

anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities

Example: "pretty girls like plain friends as foils"
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noun

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

Example: "the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils"
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noun

picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector

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noun

a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button

verb

enhance by contrast

Example: "In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background"

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