silver foil

noun

British
: a very thin sheet of metal (such as aluminum)

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Jimmy Choo unveiled the Diamond Hobo bag this year, with a trapezoid silhouette and a silver foil–like finish. Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 30 Dec. 2024 Her dress took over 800 hours of hand embroidery to craft and is made with 2,500,000 silver foil bugles and beads. Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 13 May 2024 Scanning the silver foil piece by piece, researchers were able to create a decipherable rendering of portions of the text. Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024 The elves' sleds were made of silver foil plates, while clusters of cotton balls represented snow. Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024 Researchers worked for years to recover the scroll’s contents, as the thin silver foil was too brittle to unfurl. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024 German officials announced the discovery last week -- a small piece of silver foil less than 1.5 inches in size, found in a grave that dates to between 230-270 A.D., that is engraved with 18 lines of religious text. Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024 Microscopic examinations and X-ray scans conducted in 2019 identified the presence of an inscription on the thin silver foil. Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024 The Frankfurt silver inscription is an engraving on silver foil that consists of 18 lines written in Latin. Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 18 Dec. 2024

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“Silver foil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silver%20foil. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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