Sheet Meaning and Definition

Word: Sheet

How to pronounce: ʃiːt

Noun

Definitions:

1. A large rectangular piece of cotton or other fabric, used on a bed to cover the mattress and as a layer beneath blankets when these are used.

Example sentences: "Sleeping blankets and covers, sheets and quilts have been made - with the children's assistance."

2. A rectangular piece of paper, especially one of a standard size produced commercially and used for writing and printing on.

Example sentences: "A sheet of unmarked paper"

3. A broad flat piece of material such as metal or glass.

Example sentences: "The small pipe has been formed from a flat sheet of bronze"

4. An extensive unbroken surface area of something.

Example sentences: "A sheet of ice"

Verb

Definitions:

1. Cover with or wrap in a sheet or sheets.

Example sentences: "We sheeted a narrow bed"

2. (of rain) fall in large quantities.

Example sentences: "Rain sheeted down"

Noun

Definitions:

1. A rope attached to the lower corner of a sail for securing or extending the sail or for altering its direction.

Example sentences: "Soon all three of us have got the hang of tacking, pulling in and letting out the sheets (the ropes attached to the sails) and steering."

2. The space at the bow or stern of an open boat.

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Make a sail more or less taut.

Example sentences: "Notice also how he is sheeting in the sail"

Synonyms:

bedsheet

layer

shroud

blanket

coat

coating

report card

time sheet

mainsheet

tack

page

plate

overlay

thin sheet

sheet of paper

leaflet

canvas

sail

rag

tabloid

canvass

cover

plane

plain

Derivations:

sheeting

sheeted

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Sheet in Other Languages...

Spanish: Hoja

German: Blatt

French: Feuille

Italian: Foglio

Turkish: Sayfa