Phrase guide

bone folder

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease material in crafts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: folding bone, foldingstick

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From bone + folder.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مِطْوًى (miṭwan) — A dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
  • Catalan: plegador — A dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
  • Chinese Mandarin: 骨刀 (gǔdāo) — A dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
  • Dutch: vouwbeen — A dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
  • Finnish: taittoluu — A dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
  • French: plioir — A dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
  • German: Falzbein — A dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
  • German: Streichbein — A dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
  • German: Papierstreicher — A dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
  • German: Briefstreicher — A dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
  • Greek: κόκαλο βιβλιοδεσίας (kókalo vivliodesías) — A dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
  • Hungarian: simítócsont — A dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
  • Polish: gładyszka — A dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
  • Portuguese: dobradeira — A dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
  • Russian: глади́лка (gladílka) — A dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
  • Slovene: gladȋlka — A dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
  • Spanish: plegador — A dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
  • Swedish: falsben — A dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
  • Ukrainian: глади́лка (hladýlka) — A dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease