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foil

/fɔɪl/

US pronunciation

American sound/fɔɪl/

foil

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Aw vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> foil

Myanmar meaning

(n) အပြား ခတ်ထားသော ရွှေငွေ သတ္ထုလွှာ။ (v) ဖျက်လိုဖျက်ဆီးလုပ်သည်။ နှောင့်ယှက်သည်။

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foil¹ /fↄÇl / n

၁။ [U] အပြားခတ်ထားသော ရွှေ၊ ငွေ သတ္တုလွှာ။ tin / aluminium foil ❍ the gold / silver foil round a chocolate bar ❍ Cover the dish with foil and bake for 45 minutes.
၂။ [C] အသား ဆောင်ပေးသော အရာစသည်။ The pale walls provide a perfect foil for the brightly painted dishes and jars.

foil² /fↄÇl / v

ဖျက်လိုဖျက်ဆီးလုပ်သည်။ နှောင့်ယှက်သည်။
He was foiled in his attempt to deceive us.
❍ His attempt to deceive us was foiled. ကျွနု်ပ်တို့ကို တစ်ပတ်ရိုက်ရန် သူ၏ အကြံအစည် ပျက်ပြားသွားရသည်။

foil³ /fↄÇl / n

ဓားရေးပြိုင်ကစားရာ၌ သုံးသော အဖျားတွင် ခလုတ် ပါ သော လေးမြှောင့်ဓားပါးရှည်။ ❍ FENCING Compare SABRE

More examples

Wrap the cheese in foil to keep it moist.
[foil to/for] : The plain stone floor is a perfect foil to the highly decorated walls.

Synonyms

frustrate, throw a monkey wrench in the works, halt, halt in its tracks, thwart, outwit, antithesis, background, baffle, balk, beat, bilk, bollix, buffalo, check, checkmate, circumvent, complement, contrast, counter, counterblow, crab, cramp, crimp, curb, dash, defeat, defense, disappoint, disconcert, ditch, dodge, duck, elude, faze, foul up, get around, give the run-around, give the slip, guard, hang up, hinder, juke, nullify, prevent, promote, rattle, restrain, run circles around, run rings around, setting, shake, shake off, shuffle off, skip, stop, stymie, throw a spanner in the works, throw monkey wrench in, upset the apple cart

Antonyms

abet, aid, allow, assist, calm, encourage, face, facilitate, forward, help, inspirit, liberate, lose, meet, placate, release, soothe, surrender

Cross references

frustrate throw a monkey wrench in the works halt halt in its tracks thwart outwit antithesis background baffle balk beat bilk bollix buffalo check checkmate circumvent complement contrast counter counterblow crab cramp crimp curb dash defeat defense

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