Definitions for foliated

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foliated fo·li·at·ed

Spelling: [foh-lee-ey-tid]

IPA: /ˈfoʊ liˌeɪ tɪd/

Foliated is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 352 anagrams from letters in foliated (adefilot).

Definitions for foliated

adjective

1. shaped like a leaf or leaves:
2. Also, foliate. Petrology, Mineralogy. consisting of thin and separable laminae.
3. Architecture. foliate (def 3).
4. covered with or having leaves.
5. like a leaf, as in shape.
6. Also, foliated. Architecture. ornamented with or composed of foil: ornamented with representations of foliage:
7. Petrology, Mineralogy. foliated (def 2).

verb (used with object)

1. to shape like a leaf or leaves.
2. to decorate with foils or foliage.
3. to form into thin sheets.
4. to spread over with a thin metallic backing.
5. Printing. to number the folios or leaves, as distinguished from pages, of (a manuscript or book).

verb (used without object)

1. to put forth leaves.
2. to split into thin leaflike layers or laminae.

Origin of foliated

First recorded in 1640-50; foliate + -ed²

Examples for foliated

Fig. 19 is a Gothic foliated face; but here we have features which are much too naturalistic.

The designs are frequently conventionalized, foliated patterns.

The terminations of the dripstones are foliated and stand out detached.

The ore used is the common sulphuret, with a foliated, glittering and cubical fracture.

The latter have foliated capitals, and are in the Perpendicular style.

Apophyllite, a species of mineral of a foliated structure and pearly lustre, called also fish-eye stone.

Most of the windows of the nave and chancel are Dec., with foliated rear arches.

The two foliated railings (Figs. 166, 167) are also very meritorious.

This stratum yields granular, earthy, fibrous, and foliated gypsum.

The windows have three lights, with three foliated circles in their heads.