folio

folio has 11 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• n.. A leaf of a book or manuscript.
• n.. A sheet of paper once folded.
• n.. A book made of sheets of paper each folded once (four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind. See Note under Paper.
• n.. The page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand.
• n.. A page of a book; (Bookkeeping) a page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
• n.. A leaf containing a certain number of words, hence, a certain number of words in a writing, as in England, in law proceedings 72, and in chancery, 90; in New York, 100 words.
• v. t.. To put a serial number on each folio or page of (a book); to page.
• a.. Formed of sheets each folded once, making two leaves, or four pages; as, a folio volume. See Folio, n., 3.
• n.. a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages; "the first folio of Shakespeare's plays"
• n.. a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
• n.. the system of numbering pages