foils
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Is foils a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle Yes
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What is the meaning of foils?
Definition
noun (English)
1. a piece of thin and flexible sheet metalExamples: "the photographic film was wrapped in foil"Synonyms: foil
2. anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualitiesExamples: "pretty girls like plain friends as foils"Synonyms: enhancer, foil
3. a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing throughExamples: "the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils"Synonyms: foil, hydrofoil
4. picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projectorSynonyms: foil, transparency
5. a light slender flexible sword tipped by a buttonSynonyms: foil
verb (English)
1. enhance by contrastExamples: "In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background"Synonyms: foil
2. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) ofExamples: "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"Synonyms: baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil
3. cover or back with foilExamples: "foil mirrors"Synonyms: foil
Definition source: Wiktionary