interleaf

American  

[in-ter-leef] / ˈɪn tərˌlif /

noun

interleaves plural

1. an additional leaf, usually blank, inserted between or bound with the regular printed leaves of a book, as to separate chapters or provide room for a reader's notes.

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interleaf British  

/ ˈɪntəˌliːf /

noun

1. a blank leaf inserted between the leaves of a book

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• interleaves
  plural

Etymology

Origin of interleaf

First recorded in 1735–45; inter- + leaf

Example Sentences

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interleaf interleaves

See page 162, interleaf, pages 38, 234, and pictures 12 and 66.

From Rome by Malleson, Hope

See pages 34, 60, 145, 231, and interleaf, page 252.

From Rome by Malleson, Hope

The novel interleaves the narrator’s history with snippets of the island’s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2022

Guimarães’s style interleaves illusion and monologue, using silken sleight-of-hand to illustrate metaphoric conceits.

From New York Times ● May 15, 2020

For those whose German is rusty or nonexistent, Zagava’s facsimile interleaves English translations of the original text.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 20, 2018

As the book progresses, she interleaves chapters set in the present with ones that deal with memories of college, of home, of Tracey.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 6, 2016

With all this to be done, it’s not surprising that a critical aspect of the team’s success is a very specific daily and weekly schedule that interleaves the elements of individual and team practice.

From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2014