Foil and Tinfoil

Foil

Foil noun - A piece of thin and flexible sheet metal.

Tinfoil and foil are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tinfoil" instead a noun "Foil".

Nearby Words: foiled, foiling

Tinfoil

Tinfoil noun - Foil made of tin or an alloy of tin and lead.
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Foil and tinfoil are semantically related. You can use "Foil" instead a noun "Tinfoil".

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  • Tinfoil Hat: actually an aluminum foil hat, and it turns out they are useful for blocking Allomancy based mind control.
  • Tinfoil Hat: The Victim of the Week of the "Close Encounters" episode was a millionaire who believed that he was abducted by an UFO and had a few foil hats scattered through his mansion.
  • Webcomic / Rogue Diamond Tinfoil Hat: A variant, Twilight uses tin foil in her room because she believes it will help prevent Celestia from finding her, though Rarity has her doubts about it's effectiveness.
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