sheet
A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
Noun 4 meanings
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.”
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 paper mache, 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.”
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.”
A thin, flat piece or layer of solid material.
“The glazer cut several panes from a large sheet of glass.”
Verb 4 meanings
To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.
“Remember to sheet the floor before you start painting.”
To form into sheets.
To pour heavily.
“We couldn't go out because the rain was sheeting down all day long.”
To trim a sail using a sheet.
Etymology
From Middle English schete; partly from Old English sċīete (“a sheet, a piece of linen cloth”); partly from Old English sċēata (“a corner, angle; the lower corner of a sail, sheet”); and Old English sċēat (“a corner, angle”); all from Proto-Germanic *skautijǭ, *skautaz (“corner, wedge, lap”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to throw, shoot, pursue, rush”).
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SHEET at a glance
SHEET has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (S 1 + H 4 + E 1 + E 1 + T 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,583 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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