Definitions
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- adjective Having one component that folds over the top of another.
- noun Any food prepared by folding, such as a
calzone orapple turnover .
Etymologies
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Examples
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My mother preferred her signature creation, the bean "foldover": a single piece of bread folded around a scoop of beans, plain or refried.
Shakesville SKM 2010
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The quilted leather and gunmetal hardware are well chosen, but the most exciting detail of this purse is the inventive "foldover" design.
Luxist 2009
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Hold your own: Make like Jennifer Aniston and accessorize your ensemble with Poppies eye-popping foldover, yellow patent-leather clutch. $450 at Poppiecouture. com.
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No. Everyone knows that using a bag as small as this cute, foldover style during daylight hours says that either (a) you have an assistant -- or boyfriend -- trailing close behind with real stuff or (b) you're on a walk of shame.
Michelle Madhok: What Your Handbag Says About You (I'm "Pretty Clever and Kind of Lazy") 2009
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Iron the bottom hem, selvage edges, and eighteen inches of the top hem the foldover portion.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Iron the bottom hem, selvage edges, and eighteen inches of the top hem the foldover portion.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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In 1977 the first 2D NMR spectrum of a protein was recorded, and by 1980 we had assembled four 2D NMR experiments that were then used for the initial protein structure determinations: COSY (2D correlated spectroscopy), SECSY (2D spin-echo correlated spectroscopy), FOCSY (2D foldover-corrected correlated spectroscopy) and NOESY (2D nuclear Overhauser enhancement spectroscopy).
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Iron the bottom hem, selvage edges, and eighteen inches of the top hem the foldover portion.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Iron the bottom hem, selvage edges, and eighteen inches of the top hem the foldover portion.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Painted in fun and flirty seasonal shades of green, pink, violet and blue, this foldover makeup clutch comes packed with spring beauty products including the Even Better Skin Tone Correcting Moisturizer SPF 20,
StyleList Dana Oliver 2010
reesetee commented on the word foldover
a half-sandwich made by folding one slice of bread over itself
February 9, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word foldover
...usually around the filling. ;)
February 9, 2007
reesetee commented on the word foldover
Yeah, that. :-) Maybe I'm weak from hunger. I think I need a peanut butter foldover.
Doesn't "sandwich" IMPLY filling?
February 9, 2007