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Meaning of 'folio' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Folio [ n.]
- A leaf of a book or manuscript.
- A sheet of paper once folded.
- A book made of sheets of paper each folded once (four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind. See Note under Paper.
- The page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand.
- A page of a book; (Bookkeeping) a page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
- A leaf containing a certain number of words, hence, a certain number of words in a writing, as in England, in law proceedings 72, and in chancery, 90; in New York, 100 words.

Meaning of 'folio' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . folio [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages
Example in sentence:
  • the first folio of Shakespeare's plays

Nearby Words:

fol'io fold foldage folded folder folderol folding foldless folia foliaceous

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