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foldaway

foldaway adjective: that may be folded away when not in use.

Adjective

foldaway (not comparable)

  1. That may be folded away when not in use.
    • The thought of sleeping with Ann on the fold-away living-room sofa was so impossible, she hadn't even thought about it any more.1981 February 14, Andrea Loewenstein, “Voices in the Night”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 29, page 8

Noun

foldaway (plural foldaways)

  1. A piece of furniture, of any kind, that can be folded away when not in use.

Forms of foldaway

pluralfoldaways

Origin of foldaway

From fold + away.

Questions about foldaway

What does foldaway mean?
Foldaway means that may be folded away when not in use.
What part of speech is foldaway?
Foldaway can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near foldaway in the dictionary

  1. foldamer
  2. foldameric
  3. foldamers
  4. foldase
  5. foldases
  6. foldaway
  7. foldaways
  8. foldback
  9. foldback clip
  10. foldbacks
  11. foldboat

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