hot-foil
|hot-foil|
🇺🇸
/ˌhɑtˈfɔɪl/
🇬🇧
/ˌhɒtˈfɔɪl/
heated metal foil used for stamping
Etymology
'hot-foil' is a modern English compound formed from 'hot' + 'foil', used to describe foil applied by heat.
'hot' comes from Old English 'hāt' (meaning 'hot'); 'foil' derives from Old French 'foille/feuille' and Latin 'folium' meaning 'leaf', which developed in English to mean a thin metal leaf or sheet; the compound 'hot-foil' was created in modern English to name the heat-transfer stamping process.
Originally the two words meant simply 'hot' and 'leaf/sheet'; over time 'foil' came to mean thin metal leaf/film and the compound evolved to denote the specific manufacturing/printing process of applying foil with heat.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
a printing/decorative process in which metallic or pigmented foil is transferred to a surface by heat and pressure (hot-foil stamping).
The company used hot-foil to decorate the book cover.
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Noun 2
a thin sheet or film of metal or metallic pigment used in the hot-foil process (a foil used for stamping or transfer).
She inspected a sheet of hot-foil before stamping.
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Adjective 1
relating to or produced by the hot-foil process (used before a noun).
They used a hot-foil technique on the cover.
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