sheetnoun [ C ]
uk/ʃiːt/us/ʃiːt/sheet noun [ C ] (ON BED)
A2 a large piece of thin cloth used on a bed for sleeping on or under:
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- I didn't realize we had to write each answer on a new sheet of paper.
- Thousands of people wrote in to the BBC asking for an information sheet.
- a blank sheet of paper
- He tucked the bottom of the sheet under the mattress.
- He put a sheet of plastic over the broken window.
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Bed linen & covers
- bed linen
- bed sheet
- bedclothes
- bedding
- bedspread
- bolster
- comforter
- continental quilt
- counterpane
- cover
- coverlet
- duvet
- duvet cover
- eiderdown
- layette
- linen
- pillowcase
- quilt
- sleeping bag
- valance
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sheet noun [ C ] (FLAT PIECE)
A2 a large, thin, flat, usually rectangular piece of something:
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Masses and large amounts of things
- accumulation
- an embarrassment of riches idiom
- any number of things idiom
- backlog
- battery
- boatload
- bolus
- clot
- deluge
- fund
- lashing
- lather
- outpouring
- panoply
- plethora
- predominance
- preponderance
- shower
- sight
- thousand
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sheet noun [ C ] (PAPER)
A2 a piece of paper:
a piece of paper with something printed on it:
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Publishing: paper & stationery
- A3
- A5
- acid-free
- assembler
- ballpoint pen
- grammage
- graph paper
- headed notepaper
- highlighter
- jotter
- keypad
- pencil
- qwerty
- ream
- rice paper
- rough paper
- scrap paper
- slate
- tissue
- watermark
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sheet noun [ C ] (MASS)
a large, wide mass of something such as fire or ice:
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Masses and large amounts of things
- accumulation
- an embarrassment of riches idiom
- any number of things idiom
- backlog
- battery
- boatload
- bolus
- clot
- deluge
- fund
- lashing
- lather
- outpouring
- panoply
- plethora
- predominance
- preponderance
- shower
- sight
- thousand
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sheet noun [ C ] (RAIN)
a large quantity of rain:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Masses and large amounts of things
- accumulation
- an embarrassment of riches idiom
- any number of things idiom
- backlog
- battery
- boatload
- bolus
- clot
- deluge
- fund
- lashing
- lather
- outpouring
- panoply
- plethora
- predominance
- preponderance
- shower
- sight
- thousand
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sheetverb
uk/ʃiːt/us/ʃiːt/to rain very hard:
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Precipitation: rain
- acid rain
- bucket
- bucket down
- cloudburst
- drizzle
- heaven
- it's raining cats and dogs! idiom
- puddle
- rain gauge
- rainbow
- raindrop
- rainstorm
- rainwater
- Scotch mist
- shower
- sprinkle
- teem
- wash
- washout
- wet
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