foolscap

1. 1.

   a size of paper used especially in Britain

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Other forms of foolscap

plural

foolscaps·

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 foolscap

What does foolscap mean?

foolscap means "a size of paper used especially in Britain".

How many syllables are in foolscap?

foolscap has 2 syllables and divides as fool-scap under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.