folio — meaning in English

English meaning

• FOIL noun A very thin, flexible sheet of metal, especially aluminum, used for wrapping food.
• leaf noun A flat, usually green part of a plant that grows from a stem or branch and carries out photosynthesis.
• sheet noun A large piece of thin cloth used to cover a mattress or bed.

Senses

folio is used for these senses in English:

• foil A very thin sheet of metal.
• leaf (publishing, bookbinding, advertising) A sheet of a book, magazine, etc. (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
• sheet A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache, etc. In modern books, each sheet of paper is typically folded in half, to produce two leaves and four pages. In the absence of folding, "leaf" and "sheet" are equivalent.

FOIL — full definition

1. noun A very thin, flexible sheet of metal, especially aluminum, used for wrapping food.
2. verb To prevent a plan, attempt, or plot from succeeding.
3. noun A person or thing that highlights another's qualities by contrast, especially in a story.
4. noun A thin fencing sword with a blunted tip, used in the sport of fencing.

leaf — full definition

1. noun A flat, usually green part of a plant that grows from a stem or branch and carries out photosynthesis.
2. noun A single sheet of paper in a book, counted as two pages (front and back).
3. noun A thin, flat panel that can be added to a table to make it bigger, or one section of a hinged panel like a door.
4. verb To grow leaves.

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