1
a
: a broad piece of cloth
especially
: bedsheet
b
2
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
3
: a broad stretch or surface of something
a sheet of ice
4
: a suspended or moving expanse (as of fire or rain)
5
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
6
: 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
1
: rolled or spread out in a sheet
2
: of, relating to, or concerned with the making of sheet metal
sheeted; sheeting; sheets
1
: to cover with a sheet
floors sheeted with dust
2
: to furnish with sheets
3
: to form into sheets
: to fall, spread, or flow in a sheet
the rain sheeted against the windows
sheeter
noun
1
: a rope or chain that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
2
sheets plural
: the spaces at either end of an open boat not occupied by thwarts : foresheets and stern sheets together
sheeted; sheeting; sheets
: to move or set (a sail) by manipulation of a sheet
Examples of sheet in a Sentence
Noun (1)
from the bow of our ship all we could see was an impenetrable sheet of fog
Verb (1)
dust sheeted the floors of the old, abandoned house
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Rafael Bernal, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2025
Failure to confront and anticipate social and environmental issues and their consequences is being sheeted back to boards and executives.
—The Sorenson Impact Institute, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Apr. 2025
Waukegan enforces a three-minute limit on in-person audience members who choose to speak during meetings, and also requires them to register on a sign-in sheet posted on the doors of the council chambers.
—Erin Yarnall, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2025
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Verb
But Maduro’s numbers have been widely discredited by both domestic and international observers, based on both polling prior to the election and tally sheets the opposition was able to recover from voting machines before Maduro’s forces shut down the count.
—Rafael Bernal, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2025
Failure to confront and anticipate social and environmental issues and their consequences is being sheeted back to boards and executives.
—The Sorenson Impact Institute, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Noun
Once the chocolate is frozen, break the sheet into crackers for dipping.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Apr. 2025
Waukegan enforces a three-minute limit on in-person audience members who choose to speak during meetings, and also requires them to register on a sign-in sheet posted on the doors of the council chambers.
—Erin Yarnall, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Sheet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sheet. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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sheet
1 of 3 noun1
: a broad piece of cloth (as an article of bedding used next to the body)
2
a
: a usually rectangular piece of paper
b
: an unbound page of a book
—usually used in plural
c
: a newspaper, magazine, 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
: pane sense 2
3
: a broad surface of something
a sheet of ice
4
: a portion of something that is thin in comparison to its length and width
a sheet of iron
sheetlike
adjective
sheet
2 of 3 verb
: to cover with a sheet : shroud
sheet
3 of 3 noun
: a rope or chain that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
Etymology
Noun
Old English scēte, scīete "broad piece of cloth, sheet"
Noun
Old English scēata "lower corner of a sail"
Medical Definition
sheet
noun1
: a broad piece of cloth
especially
: an oblong of usually cotton or linen cloth used as an article of bedding
2
: a portion of something that is thin in comparison to its length and breadth
a sheet of connective tissue
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