eightfold

eight·fold

adjective \ˈāt-ˌfōld, -ˈfōld\

Definition of EIGHTFOLD

1

: having eight units or members

2

: being eight times as great or as many <an eightfold increase>

— eight·fold \-ˈfōld\ adverb

Examples of EIGHTFOLD

1. There has been an eightfold increase in membership in the past year.

First Known Use of EIGHTFOLD

before 12th century

Rhymes with EIGHTFOLD

acold, age-old, ahold, all told, behold, bifold, billfold, black gold, blindfold, blue mold, bread mold, choke hold, controlled, Cotswold, cuckold, enfold, fanfold, fivefold, fool's gold, foothold, fourfold, freehold, gatefold, go gold, green mold, handhold, head cold, household, ice-cold, infold, knock cold, leaf mold, leasehold, make bold, ninefold, old gold, onefold, on hold, pinfold, potholed, roothold, scaffold, sheepfold, sixfold, slime mold, stokehold, stone-cold, stronghold, take hold, tenfold, threefold, threshold, toehold, twice-told, twofold, unfold, unmold, untold, uphold, white gold, whole-souled, withhold