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

Tracing Lucy’s history with him while the two try to solve a dark mystery, “William!” intricately interleaves past with present.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 19, 2021

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

In “Skating to Antarctica,” she interleaves her Antarctic voyage with recollections of her early childhood.

From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2015

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