"silver foil" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: silver foils [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} silver foil (countable and uncountable, plural silver foils)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see silver, foil. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-silver_foil-en-noun-1xPOoE4S
  2. (informal) aluminium foil Tags: countable, informal, uncountable Synonyms: silver paper
    Sense id: en-silver_foil-en-noun-DvfDO4Ow Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98

Inflected forms

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