fanfold
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fanfold
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From fan + fold.
adjective
- Having the shape of fan or concertina, with a row of sheets alternately folded backwards and forwards. The problem appears to have started when a guide wire became hung up on one of the long hinges that join the fanfold panels of the array.
verb fanfolds · fanfolding · fanfolded
- To fold in this manner. When the top sheet, blanket, and bedspread of a closed bed are turned back, or fanfolded, the closed bed becomes an open bed, or a bed ready to receive a patient or resident.
noun fanfolds
- A document folded in this manner.
Talk about this word "fanfold." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fanfold. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. fanfold. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fanfold "fanfold." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fanfold.
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@misc{fanfold_2026,
title = {fanfold},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fanfold},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
