Meanings
nounalfoil (uncountable)
- uncountablealuminium foil
Then place the mould upside down on a tray covered with alfoil. The wax will slide down the mould and collect on the foil.
1997, Rhondda Cleary, Fragrant Candles, page 101 more example
[…] pulling up outside an ugly, besser-block house at the end of a dead-end road. Its windows were lined from the inside with alfoil. The carcass of a mid-eighties Commodore festered in the front yard, its axles resting on bricks, […]
2012, Cameron Raynes, The Colour of Kerosene and Other Stories, page 56
Origin
Shortening.
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