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gatefold

gatefold noun: a document folding method that uses two parallel folds to create six panels; the left and right panels are half the width of the center panels and fold inward to meet in the middle without overlapping.

Noun

gatefold (plural gatefolds)

  1. A document folding method that uses two parallel folds to create six panels; the left and right panels are half the width of the center panels and fold inward to meet in the middle without overlapping.

Verb

gatefold (third-person singular simple present gatefolds, present participle gatefolding, simple past and past participle gatefolded)

  1. To fold in this manner.

Forms of gatefold

Noun
pluralgatefolds
Verb
third-person singular presentgatefolds
present participlegatefolding
past participlegatefolded
pastgatefolded

Origin of gatefold

From gate + fold.

Questions about gatefold

What does gatefold mean?
Gatefold means a document folding method that uses two parallel folds to create six panels; the left and right panels are half the width of the center panels and fold inward to meet in the middle without overlapping.
What part of speech is gatefold?
Gatefold can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of gatefold?
The plural of gatefold is gatefolds.

Words near gatefold in the dictionary

  1. gatecrashings
  2. gated
  3. gated communities
  4. gated community
  5. gated off
  6. gatefold
  7. gatefolded
  8. gatefolding
  9. gatefolds
  10. Gategate
  11. Gatehead

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