EGAVE

sheet

About 24.92 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Bedsheet; a thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
    Use the sheets in the hall closet to make the bed.
  2. noun A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or papier-mâché, etc. In modern books, each sheet of paper is typically folded in half, to produce two leaves and four pages. In the absence of folding, "leaf" and "sheet" are equivalent.
    A sheet of paper measuring eight and one-half inches wide by eleven inches high is a popular item in commerce.
  3. noun A summary or record of key information, especially an official one; the information contained in such a document.
    rap sheet, style sheet, material safety datasheet, balance sheet
  4. noun A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
    Place the rolls on the cookie sheet, edges touching, and bake for 10-11 minutes.
  5. noun A thin, flat piece or layer of solid material.
    The glazer cut several panes from a large sheet of glass.
  6. noun A broad, flat expanse or covering of a material on a surface.
    Mud froze on the road in a solid sheet, then more rain froze into a sheet of ice on top of the mud!
  7. noun An expanse or intense wave of something fluid (such as fire or precipitation), conceptualized as hanging, suspended, falling, or moving in a particular direction.
  8. noun A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.
    To be "three sheets to the wind" is to say that a four-cornered sail is tethered only by one sheet and thus the sail is useless.

Similar words

bed sheet shroud tack canvas plane sail mainsheet canvass rag piece of paper

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of and is metal for to in as or

Word family

sheeted sheeter sheeters sheeting sheetlike sheets

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