Meaning & use
gate fold
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Meanings
nouncountablespecialist
A cover or page that opens out like a double door, folding in from both sides, such as on an album sleeve or in a magazine.
Grammar: Often used before another noun: a gate fold cover.
Patterns
- a gate fold sleeve
- a gate fold cover
The album came in a gate fold with lyrics printed inside.
Opening the gate fold revealed a huge photograph of the band.
The magazine used a gate fold to show the new car in full.
adjectivebefore a nounspecialist
Describing a cover or insert that opens out in this way.
Grammar: Always comes before the noun: a gate fold poster, not 'the poster is gate fold'.
Patterns
- gate fold something
I bought the gate fold edition because it included a poster.
Gate fold sleeves are more expensive to print than plain ones.
Word forms
| plural | gate folds |
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Common combinations
- gate fold sleeve
- The double album has a gate fold sleeve.
- gate fold cover
- The gate fold cover opens to show the full painting.
- gate fold poster
- The magazine included a gate fold poster of the team.
- open the gate fold
- Open the gate fold carefully so the spine does not crack.
Synonyms and how they differ
- foldout
- A foldout is a page folded to open into a larger sheet in one direction, while a gate fold opens from both sides like doors.
- double sleeve
- Double sleeve is a looser phrase that stresses the two panels but does not describe the door-like opening.
Word family
Practice
The record came in a gate fold ______, so the cover opened out to show lyrics and photographs.
Choose one answer.
A sleeve is the cover of a record, and a gate fold sleeve opens like double doors. A needle, groove and label are other record parts that cannot open out.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “gate fold”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.