"foldable" meaning in English

See foldable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more foldable [comparative], most foldable [superlative]
Etymology: From fold + -able. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fold|able}} fold + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} foldable (comparative more foldable, superlative most foldable)
  1. That can be folded. Related terms: bendable, flexible, portable Translations (that can be folded): plegable (Catalan), taittuva (Finnish), faltbar (German), pieghevole (Italian), składalny (Polish), dobrável (Portuguese), складно́й (skladnój) (Russian), plegable (Spanish), hopfällbar (Swedish), ihopfällbar (Swedish), vikbar (Swedish), hopvikbar (Swedish), ihopvikbar (Swedish), fällbar (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-foldable-en-adj-7eJQvldm Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 31 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 37 32 32 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 42 29 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 32 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 36 30 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 38 30 32 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 37 31 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 37 31 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 36 30 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 37 29 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 39 31 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 37 31 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 38 29 32

Noun

Forms: foldables [plural]
Etymology: From fold + -able. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fold|able}} fold + -able Head templates: {{en-noun}} foldable (plural foldables)
  1. Something that can be folded.
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  2. Something that can be folded.
    A mobile phone that can be folded up when not in use.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Translations): składak [masculine] (Polish)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 50 50

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