Fanfold
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Fanfold is an adjective meaning Having the shape of fan or concertina, with a row of sheets alternately folded backwards and forwards.
Meaning
Having the shape of fan or concertina, with a row of sheets alternately folded backwards and forwards.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To fold in this manner.
- A document folded in this manner.
Example Sentences
The problem appears to have started when a guide wire became hung up on one of the long hinges that join the fanfold panels of the array.
When the top sheet, blanket, and bedspread of a closed bed are turned back, or fanfolded, the closed bed becomes an open bed, or a bed ready to receive a patient or resident.
Word Forms
- fanfolds
- fanfolding
- fanfolded
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include continuum, continuing, continuously, continuous, laminar, paperbacked.
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