folio Sentence Examples

  1. The ancient folio contained handwritten chronicles dating back centuries.
  2. The museum proudly displayed a rare edition of Shakespeare's folio.
  3. The scholar meticulously examined the folio, searching for hidden insights.
  4. The historian pored over the folio, seeking evidence of past events.
  5. The artist sketched the crumbling folio, capturing its historical beauty.
  6. The library's extensive folio collection offered a wealth of knowledge.
  7. The librarian carefully handled the fragile folio, its pages yellowed with age.
  8. The auction house eagerly listed the first folio of "Hamlet" in their catalogue.
  9. The antique book dealer possessed a vast collection of folios from various eras.
  10. The writer's first folio, filled with their early drafts, held both promise and potential.

folio Meaning

Wordnet

folio (n)

the system of numbering pages

a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)

a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages

Webster

folio (n.)

A leaf of a book or manuscript.

A sheet of paper once folded.

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.

The page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand.

A page of a book; (Bookkeeping) a page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.

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.

FAQs About the word folio

the system of numbering pages, a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book), a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheet

manual, hardback, hardcover, pocket book,quarto, softcover, paperbound, paperback, catalogue, textbook

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The ancient folio contained handwritten chronicles dating back centuries.

The museum proudly displayed a rare edition of Shakespeare's folio.

The scholar meticulously examined the folio, searching for hidden insights.

The historian pored over the folio, seeking evidence of past events.