Usually means: Paper size larger than letter.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. foolscap: Merriam-Webster
  2. foolscap: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. foolscap: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. foolscap: Collins English Dictionary
  5. foolscap: Vocabulary.com
  6. Foolscap, foolscap: Wordnik
  7. foolscap: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. foolscap: Wiktionary
  9. foolscap: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. foolscap: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. foolscap: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Foolscap, foolscap: Dictionary.com
  13. Foolscap (disambiguation), Foolscap: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Foolscap: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. foolscap: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. foolscap: Rhymezone
  17. Foolscap: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. foolscap: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. Foolscap: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  20. foolscap: FreeDictionary.org
  21. foolscap: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. Foolscap: The Word Detective
  23. foolscap: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. foolscap: Online Etymology Dictionary
  25. foolscap: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. English-Chinese Dictionary of Graphic Communications (Big 5) (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. FOOLSCAP, FOOLSCAP, FOOLSCAP: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. foolscap: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  (strictly) Writing paper sheets measuring 13.25 x 16.5 inches.
▸ noun:  (more usually) Such a sheet folded or cut in half, thus approximately 8 x 13.25 inches.
▸ noun:  Printing paper measuring 13.5 inches x 17 inches.
▸ noun:  Alternative form of fool's cap [A cap, usually brightly colored with bells and tassels, as worn by a court jester or fool.]

Similar:
octavo, royal, legal, copy, folio post, scaleboard, quarto, legal pad, crown, imperial, more...

Opposite:
quarto, octavo, duodecimo

Types:
quarto, octavo, demy, royal, more...

Phrases:
foolscap octavo, Foolscap folio, more...

Adjectives:
blue, yellow, ordinary, dirty, double, white, large, legal, official, folded, perfect
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Similar:
octavo, royal, legal, copy, folio post, scaleboard, quarto, legal pad, crown, imperial, more...

Opposite:
quarto, octavo, duodecimo

Types:
quarto, octavo, demy, royal, more...

Phrases:
foolscap octavo, Foolscap folio, more...

Adjectives:
blue, yellow, ordinary, dirty, double, white, large, legal, official, folded, perfect



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