folio

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Synonyms: olio, fonio, folic, folo, follo, polio, folia, folie, foglio, foli, fobio

Antonyms: olio, fonio, folic, folo, follo, polio, folia, folie, foglio, foli, fobio

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. A [[leaf#Noun|leaf]] of a [[book#Noun|book]] or [[manuscript]].
2. A [[page#Noun|page]] of a book, that is, one [[side#Noun|side]] of a leaf of a book.
3. {{lb|en|by extension|printing}}
4. A [[wrapper]] for [[loose#Adjective|loose]] papers.
5. {{lb|en|accounting}} A page in an [[account#Noun|account]] book; sometimes, two opposite pages [[bear#Verb|bearing]] the same [[serial number]].
6. {{lb|en|computing}} A [[protective]] [[case]] with a [[flap]] that folds to cover the [[screen]] of a [[mobile device]].
7. {{lb|en|law|dated}} A leaf containing a certain number of [[word#Noun|words]]; hence, a certain number of words in a [[piece#Noun|piece]] of [[writing#Noun|writing]], as in [[England]], in [[law#Noun|law]] [[proceeding#Noun|proceedings]] 72, and in [[chancery]], 90; in [[New York]], 100 words. {{defdate|19th – early 20th c.}}

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[put#Verb|put]] a [[serial number]] on (a [[folio#Noun|folio]] or [[page#Noun|page]], or on all the folios or pages of a [[book#Noun|book]]); to [[foliate#Verb|foliate]], to [[page#Verb|page]].

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