First Known Use: before 12th century
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fourfold
adjective four·fold \ˈfȯr-ˌfōld, -ˈfōld\
: four times as great or as many
Full Definition of FOURFOLD
1
: being four times as great or as many
2
: having four units or members
— four·fold \-ˈfōld\ adverb
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Origin of FOURFOLD
Middle English, from Old English fēowerfeald, from fēower + -feald -fold
Rhymes with FOURFOLD
acold, age-old, ahold, all told, behold, bifold, billfold, black gold, blindfold, blue mold, bread mold, choke hold, controlled, Cotswold, cuckold, eightfold, enfold, fanfold, fivefold, fool's gold, foothold, freehold, gatefold, go gold, green mold, handhold, head cold, household, ice-cold, infold, knock cold, leaf mold, leasehold, make bold, ninefold, old gold, onefold, on hold, pinfold, potholed, roothold, scaffold, sheepfold, sixfold, slime mold, stokehold, stone-cold, stronghold, take hold, tenfold, threefold, threshold, toehold, twice-told, twofold, unfold, unmold, untold, uphold, white gold, whole-souled, withhold
FOURFOLD Defined for Kids
fourfold
adjective four·fold \ˈfȯr-ˌfōld\
Definition of FOURFOLD for Kids
: being four times as great or as many <a fourfold increase>
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