looseleaf

See also: loose-leaf

English

Etymology

From loose +‎ leaf (“sheet of a book, magazine, etc.”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

looseleaf (uncountable)

1. Lined paper, usually collected in a binder.

Adjective

looseleaf (not comparable)

1. Consisting of loose leaves (pages), often collected in a binder, rather than being bound like a book or stapled.

   All the pages fell out of my looseleaf notebook.

2. Of tea: supplied as whole tea leaves rather than teabags.
3. Of lettuce: having loosely bunched leaves.

   Looseleaf lettuce is popularly used in salads.

Translations

consisting of loose leaves

Finnish: irtolehti- Japanese: ルーズリーフ (ja)