folio
a sheet of paper folded once to make two leaves, or four pages, of a book or manuscript.
a volume having pages of the largest size, formerly made from such a sheet.
a leaf of a manuscript or book numbered only on the front side.
a case that, when closed, covers and protects both the screen and the back panel of a mobile device, as a tablet or smartphone.
Printing.
(in a book) the number of each page.
(in a newspaper) the number of each page together with the date and the name of the newspaper.
Bookkeeping. a page of an account book or a left-hand page and a right-hand page facing each other and having the same serial number.
Law. a certain number of words, in the U.S. generally 100, taken as a unit for computing the length of a document.
pertaining to or having the format of a folio: a folio volume.
to number each leaf or page of.
Law. to mark each folio in (a pleading or the like) with the proper number.
Origin of folio
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How to use folio in a sentence
He insisted each bird be life-size, requiring double-elephant folios, the largest paper available at the time.
Christie’s Auctions Audubon’s ‘Birds of America’: Priciest Book Ever? | Josh Dzieza | January 14, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThis explained all the folios and other big books I had for some time remarked lying about on his table.
It was very bare of furniture: only some gold plate on a sideboard; some folios; and a stand of armour between the windows.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonThe inner, or second and third folios of the paper, present still finer studies for our reflection.
Selina, in the drawing-room, diligently fingered and classed brown-black pressed weeds of her neophyte's botany-folios.
Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete | George Meredith
On the table, several rolls of vellum and papyrus, peeping from metal cylinders, leant against a row of brass-bound folios.
The Long Night | Stanley Weyman
British Dictionary definitions for folio
/ (ˈfəʊlɪəʊ) /
a sheet of paper folded in half to make two leaves for a book or manuscript
a book or manuscript of the largest common size made up of such sheets
a leaf of paper or parchment numbered on the front side only
a page number in a book
law a unit of measurement of the length of legal documents, determined by the number of words, generally 72 or 90 in Britain and 100 in the US
NZ a collection of related material
relating to or having the format of a folio: a folio edition
(tr) to number the leaves of (a book) consecutively
Origin of folio
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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