noun
leaflet
LEEF-liht
noun
1
A small printed sheet, usually with information or advertising, handed out or distributed widely.
"Volunteers handed out leaflets about the community clean-up."
"A leaflet fell out of the newspaper advertising a sale."
2
One of the small individual segments that make up a compound plant leaf.
"A clover leaf is actually made up of three leaflets."
verb
1
To hand out leaflets, especially to advertise or campaign.
"Campaigners leafleted the neighborhood before the vote."
How to Use Leaflet
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA small handout flyer, or one segment of a divided plant leaf.
Common pairings
distribute leaflets
an information leaflet
leaflet a street
Word Forms
leafleted past tense, leafletted past tense, leaflets plural, leaflets singular
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Etymology
From leaf plus the diminutive suffix -let, meaning "a small leaf."