📖octavo

noun
/ɒkˈteɪvoʊ/

Meaning

A size of book page resulting from folding a sheet of paper into eight leaves (sixteen pages).

Example Sentences

The old library contained rare octavo editions of Shakespeare.

Synonyms

book size, format, edition, volume

Antonyms

folio, quarto

Collocations

rare octavo, octavo edition, printed in octavo, small octavo

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