leaflet

A small printed sheet or thin booklet giving information, often handed out free.

• Please read this leaflet.
• They handed out leaflets about the new bus service.
• The leaflet explains how to use the machine.

Similar words: pamphlet, flyer, brochure

Common phrases: information leaflet, read a leaflet, leaflet about something, advertising leaflet

A small leaf, or one of the separate parts that together form a larger leaf.

• Each leaflet has a pointed tip.
• New leaflets appeared along the stem.
• The plant has five leaflets on each leaf.

Similar words: small leaf

Common phrases: small leaflet, green leaflet, leaflet tip

To give people small printed sheets of information or advertising.

• We plan to leaflet the neighborhood.
• Volunteers leafleted commuters outside the station.
• They have leafleted every home in the village.

How to use it: leaflet someone/something (The volunteers leafleted every house on the street.)

Common phrases: leaflet local homes, leaflet an area, leaflet the crowd, leaflet for someone