foldable

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adjective

fold·​able ˈfōl-də-bəl 

: capable of being folded (as for storage) : folding

a foldable chair

… as he wanders the country and the globe with just the clothes on his back, his expired passport, a debit card and a foldable toothbrush.

—David Hendricks

foldable

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noun

plural foldables

: something that can be folded

Vertical rows of shelves hold all the foldables like sweaters and polo shirts.

—House Beautiful

especially : a device (such as a tablet computer or smartphone) that can be folded for storage

Foldables are increasingly becoming a normal part of the tech community. Just look at the handful of foldable smartphones around, so don't expect this trend to fizzle out anytime soon.

—Spy

Examples of foldable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Until now, the expectation around the iPhone 18 family is that the 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max would be priced similarly to the iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max, with the foldable iPhone Ultra carrying a luxury price tag to balance the portfolio. —Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026

Two versions of the 20th anniversary iPhone will debut that fall, alongside a second generation of the foldable, Bloomberg News reported earlier this week. —Mark Gurman, Fortune, 17 June 2026

Noun

The schedule signals that Apple sees foldables as an important category that warrants annual updates. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 June 2026

Samsung appears to be sticking with Lithium Polymer batteries, as in its previous foldables, rather than moving to silicon-carbon batteries like many of its competitors. —Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

fold entry 1 + -able

Noun

derivative of foldable entry 1

First Known Use

Adjective

1648, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1904, in the meaning defined above