bifold
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of two kinds.
noun
A door, window, shutter, or divider consisting of two equal panels hinged together so that it opens by folding the panels against each other.
noun
A crease or turn that causes something to double back on itself.
Example Sentences
- "O madneſſe of diſcourſe, / That cauſe ſets vp with and againſt it ſelfe, / By-fould authority : where reaſon can reuolte / Without perdition, and loſſe aſſume all reaſon, / Without reuolt."
- "Wood-finished insulative shutters set as bifolds at the window."
- "The doors to the left were bifolds and opened into a long living room."
- "Although bifolds are typically sold in kits where the doors are already hinged together, they're a little fussier than sliders or twins."
- "The wall facing the ocean was all glass and could be folded back in sections, bifolds, to almost completely have no wall at all, just a fulllength balcony and the ocean."
- "AFSl is made up of thirteen bifolds, or fifty-two pages (each unfolded folio measuring 13.5 x 21 inches), beginning with the title page and continuing for fifty-one numbered pages."
Etymology
From bi- + -fold.