tinfoil

tinfoil
/tin"foyl'/, n.
tin, or an alloy of tin and lead, in the form of a thin sheet, much used as a wrapping for drugs, foods, tobacco, etc. Also called, Brit., silver paper.
[1425-75; late ME tynfoile. See TIN, FOIL2]

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      thin sheet of metallic tin used as a protective wrapping for food and tobacco because tin is nontoxic. Tinfoil is also used in electrical capacitors. See foil.

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