sheet
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noun \ˈshēt\Definition of SHEET
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a (1) : a usually rectangular piece of paper; especially : one manufactured for printing (2) : a rectangular piece of heavy paper with a plant specimen mounted on it <an herbarium of 100,000 sheets> b : a printed signature for a book especially before it has been folded, cut, or bound —usually used in plural c : a newspaper, periodical, or occasional publication <a gossip sheet> d : the unseparated postage stamps printed by one impression of a plate on a single piece of paper; also : a pane of stamps
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: a broad stretch or surface of something <a sheet of ice>
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: a suspended or moving expanse (as of fire or rain)
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a : a portion of something that is thin in comparison to its length and breadth b : a flat baking pan of tinned metal <a cookie sheet>
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: a surface or part of a surface in which it is possible to pass from any one point of it to any other without leaving the surface <a hyperboloid of two sheets>
— sheet·like \-ˌlīk\ adjective
Origin of SHEET
Middle English shete, from Old English scēte, scīete; akin to Old English scēat edge, Old High German scōz flap, skirt
First Known Use: before 12th century
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