foldout

American  

[fohld-out] / ˈfoʊldˌaʊt /

Or fold-out

noun

1. a page larger than the trim size of a magazine or book, folded one or more times so as not to extend beyond the pages; gatefold.

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adjective

1. that must be unfolded to be used, read, viewed, etc..

   a cabinet with a foldout table.

foldout British  

/ ˈfəʊldˌaʊt /

noun

1. printing another name for gatefold

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Etymology

Origin of foldout

First recorded in 1945–50; noun, adj. use of verb phrase fold out

Example Sentences

Among them facsimiles of relevant ephemera are bound in mismatching formats: foldout drawings, transparencies, die-cuttings and pamphlets whose archival relevance you must flip through to ascertain.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2024

Despite its age, it was also in good condition, complete with original inserts and a foldout poster.

From BBC • May 16, 2023

“If we didn’t have this community we’ve built, we’d be very vulnerable,” Rosalia Mendoza said in Spanish as she sat in one of those foldout chairs.

From Washington Post • Aug. 13, 2022

Jay Anna Brown sat at the back behind a foldout table displaying stacks of campaign literature.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2022

Grim, he says please humor the woman, she's worried about to death, and so I sleep upstairs on the foldout and at night Gram keeps checking to see I'm there.

From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick