FOLIATE
Scrabble letter values: F4O1L1I1A1T1E1 = 10
Definition
- adjective ornamented with foliage or foils. — synonyms: foliated
- adjective (often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves.
- adjective (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata. — synonyms: foliated, foliaceous
- verb hammer into thin flat foils.
- verb decorate with leaves.
- verb coat or back with metal foil.
- verb number the pages of a book or manuscript. — synonyms: paginate, page
- verb grow leaves.
Examples
- “foliate tracery”
- “a foliated capital”
- “`foliate' is combined with the prefix `tri' to form the word `trifoliate'”