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Definition sheet in American English

sheet noun

[countable] noun
/ʃit/
1

a large piece of thin cloth that you put on your bed and use for lying on or covering your body when you sleep

Example

I think the maid is waiting to change the sheets.

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2

a thin flat piece of paper, metal, plastic, glass, etc.

Example

The answers are printed on a separate sheet.

Example

Dad bought a sheet of glass and fixed the window himself.

Example

We took the sheets of metal and welded them together.

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3

a wide flat area of something such as water or ice

Example

The lake was covered with a sheet of ice.

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4

a sheet of rain or fire looks like a wide moving wall

Example

Sheets of rain blew in off the bay.

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5

on a sailboat, the rope that is used for controlling the sail

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Definition sheet in American English