bone folder

noun

A dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease material in crafts.

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folding bonefoldingstick
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Meanings

nounbone folder (plural bone folders)

plural bone folders · alternative bonefolder

  1. A dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease material in crafts.

    Synonyms: folding bone, foldingstick

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease material in crafts.

Similar
folding bonefoldingstick
Also see
folding bonefolding-bonefolding stickfolding-stickfoldingstick

Origin

From bone + folder.

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Translations

Arabic مِطْوًى
  • مِطْوًى (miṭwan)A dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
Catalan plegador
  • plegadorA dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
Chinese Mandarin 骨刀
  • 骨刀 (gǔdāo)A dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
Dutch vouwbeen
  • vouwbeenA dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
Finnish taittoluu
  • taittoluuA dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
French plioir
  • plioirA dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
German Falzbein, Streichbein
  • FalzbeinA dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
  • StreichbeinA dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
  • PapierstreicherA dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
  • BriefstreicherA dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
Greek κόκαλο βιβλιοδεσίας
  • κόκαλο βιβλιοδεσίας (kókalo vivliodesías)A dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
Hungarian simítócsont
  • simítócsontA dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
Polish gładyszka
  • gładyszkaA dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
Portuguese dobradeira
  • dobradeiraA dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
Russian глади́лка
  • глади́лка (gladílka)A dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
Spanish plegador
  • plegadorA dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
Swedish falsben
  • falsbenA dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
Ukrainian глади́лка
  • глади́лка (hladýlka)A dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease
Cite this entry
APA

bone folder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bone%20folder

MLA

“bone folder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bone%20folder. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bone folder,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bone%20folder.

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