n.
Pronunciation: ' sh ē t
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English shete, from Old English sc ē te, sc ī ete; akin to Old English sc ē at edge, Old High German sc ō z flap, skirt
Date: before 12th century
1 a : a broad piece of cloth especially : BEDSHEET b : SAIL 1A(1)
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 sheet s > 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 sheet s >
– sheet · like \ - ˌ l ī k \ adjective