Meaning

Twofold, double..

Definitions by Sense

1. Twofold, double.
2. Of two kinds.
3. (carpentry) A door, window, shutter, or divider consisting of two equal panels hinged together so that it opens by folding the panels against each other.
4. A sheet of paper or cardboard folded in half along a crease down the center.
5. A wallet, billfold, or carrying case with a single fold, so that it opens like a book.
6. 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.

Anonymous Public Library Director "[We use our] website, calendar of events, bifolds for teens and children, school visits (playing book bingo), PR in newspapers and on county cable channel.

Cards, bifolds and trifolds with information on public finances, debt, municipal finances, and other economic issues.

Word Forms

• bifolds

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When Should You Use Bifold?

Use bifold when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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