LEAFLET

cusp, leaflet

(noun) a thin triangular flap of a heart valve

booklet, brochure, folder, leaflet, pamphlet

(noun) a small book usually having a paper cover

leaflet

(noun) part of a compound leaf

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

leaflet (plural leaflets)

(botany) One of the components of a compound leaf.

(botany) A small plant leaf.

Synonym: leafling

A small sheet of paper containing information, used for dissemination of said information, often an advertisement.

Synonyms: flier, flyer, folder, handbill, pamphlet

(anatomy) A flap of a valve of a heart or blood vessel.

Verb

leaflet (third-person singular simple present leaflets, present participle leafletting or leafleting, simple past and past participle leafletted or leafleted)

(transitive) To distribute leaflets to.

(intransitive) To distribute leaflets.

Usage notes

• The inflected forms leafletted and leafletting are sometimes seen, but the spellings leafleted and leafleting are preferred.

Anagrams

• fellate

Source: Wiktionary


Leaf"let, n.

1. A little leaf; also, a little printed leaf or a tract.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: One of the divisions of a compound leaf; a foliole.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A leaflike organ or part; as, a leaflet of the gills of fishes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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8 November 2024

REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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