accordion fold
- noun
- /əˈkɔːrdiən foʊld/
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plegado acordeón
- As A. D. Coleman pointed out, "the Sunset Strip consists of continuous motorized photos printed on an accordion fold ... to form an impressive and funny collection of photographic works by an artist who does not consider himself to be a photographer.
Examples
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The pages were accordion-folded before being stitched to sheer fabric.
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Carefully fold the felt back the other way to create an accordion fold.
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The book itself is one long sheet of paper in accordion folds.
Synonyms
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2.4
A bend or crease in rock layers pushed together
A pattern where paper, cloth, or rock is bent back and forth like an accordion
A way of bending paper to make a zigzag shape like an accordion, often used in brochures and maps
A series of paper folds that go back and forth like the letter Z
In a long zigzag shape for feeding printers
How Folded
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'accordion' (evoking the bellows' zig‑zag shape) with 'fold' (a crease), so the meaning — a series of alternate parallel folds like an accordion — is directly inferable from the constituents. This metaphorical naming is visually transparent and common cross‑linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily grasp the sense.
Etymology
Accordion fold comes from the musical instrument accordion, whose folds are the 'bellows' that open and close in a zig-zag. So, the name now describes a way of folding paper into a compact stack that can be opened out, exactly like an accordion.