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aluminium foil
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thin, flexible sheets of aluminium, used for wrapping food, and other purposes
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- product packaging
- Subclass of
- disposable product
- Material used
- aluminium
- Image
- Folie 2007.jpg
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- different from
- beeswax wrap
- Commons category
- Aluminium foil
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Encyclopedic overview
A roll of aluminium foil
Aluminium foil (or aluminum foil in American English; also called tinfoil) is aluminium prepared in thin metal leaves. The foil is pliable and can be readily bent or wrapped around objects. Thin foils are fragile and are sometimes laminated with other materials such as plastics or paper to make them stronger and more useful.
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