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sheetlike
Variant of sheet
sheet
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sheet (s̸hēt)
noun
- a large, rectangular piece of cotton, linen, etc., used on a bed, usually in pairs, one under and one over the body
- 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.
- 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.
- Informal a newspaper a scandal sheet
- a broad, continuous surface, layer, or expanse, as of flame, water, ice, etc.
- a broad, thin, usually rectangular piece of any material, as glass, plywood, metal, etc.
- a flat baking pan a cookie sheet
- Old Poet. a sail
- Geol. any layer or deposit of rock, gravel, soil, ice, etc. that is broad in extent and comparatively thin
- Philately
- the unseparated stamps printed on a piece of paper by a single impression of a plate
- pane (sense )
Etymology: ME schete < OE sceat, piece of cloth, lappet, region, akin to Ger schoss, lap, ON skaut, lappet: for prob. IE base see shoot
transitive verb
to cover or provide with, or form into, a sheet or sheets
adjective
in the form of a sheet sheet iron
Related Forms:
- sheetlike sheet′·like′ adjective
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