foldout

noun

fold·​out ˈfōld-ˌau̇t How to pronounce foldout (audio)
often attributive
: a folded leaf in a publication (such as a book) that is larger in some dimension than the page
a foldout map

Examples of foldout in a Sentence

The book includes special maps in the form of foldouts. The book includes foldout maps.
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Spoerri then printed the text as a fifty-three-page booklet accompanied by a foldout version of the map, and an index. News Desk, Artforum, 27 Nov. 2024 Lloyd lay on his side on a foldout table, and Dez got to work with a buzzing tattoo pen. Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024 Her furniture and appliances — a foldout sofa, the kitchenette, a fridge speckled with magnets and reminder notes — hang over the white and gray of the pediatric intensive-care unit. Vulture Editors, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2024 Three teenagers were sleeping in a single bedroom and one on a foldout couch in the living room, according to a California Department of Social Services preliminary evaluation. Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 26 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for foldout 

Word History

First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of foldout was in 1950

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“Foldout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foldout. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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