folding

1. 1.

   capable of being folded up and stored

   “a foldaway bed”

   Synonymsfoldablefoldaway

   Similarcollapsible

Other forms of folding

plural

foldings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about folding

What does folding mean?

folding means "the process whereby a protein molecule assumes its intricate three-dimensional shape". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in folding?

folding has 2 syllables: fol-ding. The stress falls on "fol". In IPA it is /ˈfoʊldɪŋ/.

What is another word for folding?

Close synonyms include protein folding, fold, fold, foldable, foldaway. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is folding a common word?

folding is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with folding?

1 word rhymes with folding. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.