clean sheet

noun

British

1

: a person's record (as from a school or a job) that shows no evidence of any problems, broken rules, etc. : a clean record

2

: a game in which the opposing team is prevented from scoring

The team's star goalie has had five clean sheets this season.

Examples of clean sheet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Guro Reiten and Jaedyn Shaw scored for Gotham and Ann-Katrin Berger made two saves for her 11th clean sheet of the season. — ABC News, 1 Nov. 2026

Keep a spot cleaner on hand to clean sheet stains quickly between washes. — Abby Monteil, The Spruce, 26 Oct. 2026

Inter Miami brought its MLS-leading team goals total to 68, and recorded its fifth clean sheet overall and first in 10 matches. — Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for clean sheet

• amit
• athlete
• backseat
• blackfeet
• broadsheet
• browbeat
• buckwheat
• compete
• compleat
• complete
• conceit
• concrete