sheet
♦ sheet /ʃ'iːt/ (sheets)
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A sheet is a large rectangular piece of cotton or other cloth that you sleep on or cover yourself with in a bed.
Once a week, a maid changes the sheets.
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A sheet of paper is a rectangular piece of paper.
...a sheet of newspaper...
I was able to fit it all on one sheet.
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You can use sheet to refer to a piece of paper which gives information about something.
...information sheets on each country in the world.
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A sheet of glass, metal, or wood is a large, flat, thin piece of it.
...a cracked sheet of glass...
Overhead cranes were lifting giant sheets of steel...
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A sheet of something is a thin wide layer of it over the surface of something else.
...a sheet of ice.
...a blue-grey sheet of dust.
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as white as a sheet: see white
see also balance sheet, broadsheet, fact sheet, fact sheet, groundsheet,
news-sheet, scoresheet, worksheet, worksheetbak|ing sheet (baking sheets)
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A baking sheet is a flat piece of metal on which you bake foods such as biscuits or pies in an oven.bal|ance sheet (balance sheets)
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A balance sheet is a written statement of the amount of money and property that a company or person has, including amounts of money that are owed or are owing. Balance sheet is also used to refer to the general financial state of a company. (BUSINESS)
Rolls-Royce needed a strong balance sheet.dust sheet (dust sheets)
also dustsheet
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A dust sheet is a large cloth which is used to cover objects such as furniture in order to protect them from dust.fact sheet (fact sheets)
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A fact sheet is a short, printed document with information about a particular subject, especially a summary of information that has been given on a radio or television programme.ice sheet (ice sheets)
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An ice sheet is a large thick area of ice, especially one that exists for a long time.scan|dal sheet (scandal sheets)
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You can refer to newspapers and magazines which print mainly stories about sex and crime as scandal sheets. (AM; in BRIT, use gutter press)sheet met|al
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Sheet metal is metal which has been made into thin sheets.sheet mu|sic
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Sheet music is music that is printed on sheets of paper without a hard cover.
...a copy of the sheet music to `Happy Days'.song sheet (song sheets)
also songsheet
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A song sheet is a piece of paper with the words to one or more songs printed on it. Song sheets are given to groups of people at occasions when they are expected to sing together.
to sing from the same song sheet: see sing
1 [N-COUNT]
A sheet is a large rectangular piece of cotton or other cloth that you sleep on or cover yourself with in a bed.
Once a week, a maid changes the sheets.
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A sheet of paper is a rectangular piece of paper.
...a sheet of newspaper...
I was able to fit it all on one sheet.
3 [N-COUNT] usu n N
You can use sheet to refer to a piece of paper which gives information about something.
...information sheets on each country in the world.
4 [N-COUNT] usu N of n
A sheet of glass, metal, or wood is a large, flat, thin piece of it.
...a cracked sheet of glass...
Overhead cranes were lifting giant sheets of steel...
5 [N-COUNT] usu N of n
A sheet of something is a thin wide layer of it over the surface of something else.
...a sheet of ice.
...a blue-grey sheet of dust.
6
as white as a sheet: see white
see also balance sheet, broadsheet, fact sheet, fact sheet, groundsheet,
news-sheet, scoresheet, worksheet, worksheetbak|ing sheet (baking sheets)
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A baking sheet is a flat piece of metal on which you bake foods such as biscuits or pies in an oven.bal|ance sheet (balance sheets)
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A balance sheet is a written statement of the amount of money and property that a company or person has, including amounts of money that are owed or are owing. Balance sheet is also used to refer to the general financial state of a company. (BUSINESS)
Rolls-Royce needed a strong balance sheet.dust sheet (dust sheets)
also dustsheet
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A dust sheet is a large cloth which is used to cover objects such as furniture in order to protect them from dust.fact sheet (fact sheets)
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A fact sheet is a short, printed document with information about a particular subject, especially a summary of information that has been given on a radio or television programme.ice sheet (ice sheets)
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An ice sheet is a large thick area of ice, especially one that exists for a long time.scan|dal sheet (scandal sheets)
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You can refer to newspapers and magazines which print mainly stories about sex and crime as scandal sheets. (AM; in BRIT, use gutter press)sheet met|al
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Sheet metal is metal which has been made into thin sheets.sheet mu|sic
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Sheet music is music that is printed on sheets of paper without a hard cover.
...a copy of the sheet music to `Happy Days'.song sheet (song sheets)
also songsheet
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A song sheet is a piece of paper with the words to one or more songs printed on it. Song sheets are given to groups of people at occasions when they are expected to sing together.
to sing from the same song sheet: see sing