The new wing of the museum was conceived as a foil to the original nineteenth-century building: its glass walls and open plan deliberately set off the older structure's heavy stone and narrow corridors.
As used in the text, what does the word "foil" most nearly mean?
- A
thin metal sheet
- B
obstacle
- Ccheck_circle
contrast that highlights another
- D
fencing weapon
Explanation
The new wing is designed to "set off" the older building by contrast, the literary/architectural sense of "foil." The metallic, fencing, and obstacle senses don't fit.