sheet

CEFRB1

/ʃiːt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A large, thin piece of paper, cloth, or other material.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.

Examples

  • Bring me a sheet of paper, please.

  • She was clutching the sheet around her naked body.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ʃit/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. 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,...

  2. A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.

  3. A thin, flat piece or layer of solid material.

More examples

In context

  • You are as white as a sheet.

  • A sheet of paper measuring eight and one-half inches wide by eleven inches high is a popular item in commerce.

  • Paper is designated “20 pound” if a stack (ream) of 500 sheets 22 inches by 17 inches weighs 20 pounds.

Synonyms

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She pulled a clean cotton blank over the mattress to make the bed.

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Origin

noun

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”). Cognate with North Frisian skut (“the fold of a garment, lap, coattail”), West Frisian skoat (“sheet; sail; lap”), Dutch schoot (“the fold of a garment, lap, sheet”), German Low German Schote (“a line from the foot of a sail”), German Schoß (“the fold of a garment, lap”), Danish skød (“lap, skirt”), Icelandic skaut (“the corner of a...