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gold foil
noun
- sheets of gold slightly thicker than gold leaf.
gold foil
noun
- thin gold sheet that is thicker than gold leaf
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- gold-foil adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gold foil1
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Example Sentences
A small palm tree was set in the midst of the arena,—the trunk bronze, the leaves one sheen of gold-foil.
The bottles in which Vino Regalis was sold had yards of gold foil wrapped round their necks.
This tomb contained also a string of beads, barrel beads of lapis lazuli, carnelian and gold foil, and small discs of gold.
A slip of zinc foil was folded round a narrow plate made of gold foil, and introduced into the solution.
Smithson's pile consists of a small plate of copper around which a piece of thin gold foil is wrapped.
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