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sheetlike

Variant of sheet

noun

  1. a large, rectangular piece of cotton, linen, etc., used on a bed, usually in pairs, one under and one over the body
    1. a rectangular piece of paper, esp. one of a number of pieces cut to a definite, uniform size, as for use in writing, printing, etc.
    2. a large piece of such paper with a number of pages printed on it, to be folded into a signature for binding into a book: usually used in pl.
    3. Informal a newspaper: a scandal sheet
  2. a broad, continuous surface, layer, or expanse, as of flame, water, ice, etc.
  3. a broad, thin, usually rectangular piece of any material, as glass, plywood, metal, etc.
  4. a flat baking pan: a cookie sheet
  5. Old Poet. a sail
  6. Geol. any layer or deposit of rock, gravel, soil, ice, etc. that is broad in extent and comparatively thin
  7. Philately
    1. the unseparated stamps printed on a piece of paper by a single impression of a plate
    2. pane (sense )

transitive verb

to cover or provide with, or form into, a sheet or sheets

adjective

in the form of a sheet: sheet iron

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