Definitions for foliage

foliage fo·li·age

Spelling: [foh-lee-ij]
IPA: /ˈfoʊ li ɪdʒ/

Foliage is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 159 anagrams from letters in foliage (aefgilo).

Definitions for foliage

noun

  1. the leaves of a plant, collectively; leafage.
  2. leaves in general.
  3. the representation of leaves, flowers, and branches in painting, architectural ornament, etc.

Origin of foliage

1400-50; late Middle English foilage Middle French fueillage, foillage, derivative of feuille leaf; influenced by Latin folium folium. See foil

Examples for foliage

Of course, the central conundrum of this painting is the massive area given over to the foliage at its center.

Autumn had begun to tinge the foliage on the banks of Winandermere.

The land was seamed and scarred, the colors of the foliage somber.

The route is dense with foliage, all splashed in vivid hues of burgundy, gold, and amber.

The foliage is beautiful, showing a sheen like changeable silk.

Never is the city so lovely as in this month of May, when all the trees are in the fullness of their foliage.

A silverback is munching contently and endlessly on foliage.

Bonnett remembers that as a kid in London, he and his brother would construct little hideouts under the foliage.

No breath of air stirred the foliage or the bending rushes in the swale.

Why should certain chords in music make me think of the brown and golden tints of autumn foliage?

Word Value for foliage
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

Similar words for foliage
Word of the day