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sheet

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of sheet

to form a layer over

  • dust sheeted the floors of the old, abandoned house
Synonyms of sheet

blanket, carpet, coat, cover, overlay, overlie, overspread
Words Related to sheet

enclose (also inclose), enrobe, enshroud, enswathe, envelop, enwrap, mantle, shawl, shroud, swathe, wrap

cloak, clothe, curtain, veil

circle, encircle, encompass

sheet

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of sheet

a wide space or area

  • from the bow of our ship all we could see was an impenetrable sheet of fog
Synonyms of sheet

breadth, distance, expanse, expansion, extent, field, length, plain, reach, spread, stretch, waste
Words Related to sheet

domain, sphere, territory

compass, range, scope, sweep

gamut, scale, spectrum

depth, emptiness, void

extension, latitude, span

amplitude, immensity, magnitude

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