Dictionary Check: foil
"foil" is a valid word!
Scrabble
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Words with Friends
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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"
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"
noun
picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
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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