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bifold

bifold

4.1
Folding into two parts, often used for doors and wallets
  • adjective
  • /ˈbaɪˌfoʊld/
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  • Just off the main coast road, it is easily accessible, is featured in several postcards, and even has a bifold brochure published by the Ghana Tourist Board explaining its imagery.

Examples

  • The new restaurant has bifold doors that open to the patio.

  • He brought a bifold wallet that fits easily in his pocket.

  • I prefer to use a bifold booklet for my presentation to keep it simple.

Surface Forms

bifold positive

Morphology

bifold = fold (transparent) = bi + fold

Meaning is a straightforward combination of 'bi-' (two) and 'fold' (to bend), so learners can infer 'having two folds/panels'.

Etymology

Bifold comes from bi- meaning 'two' and fold meaning 'to bend', the same bi- you see in bicycle. So a bifold thing folds into two parts, which is why we call doors or wallets that fold once 'bifold'.