sheet
[noun]
Synonyms:
- coat, film, lamina, layer, overlay, stratum, surface, veneer
- piece, panel, plate, slab
- expanse, area, blanket, covering, stretch, sweep

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English Thesaurus: piece, bit, lump, scrap, strip, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

sheet S1 W2 /ʃiːt/ noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: scyte]

1. FOR A BED a large piece of thin cloth that you put on a bed to lie on or lie under ⇒ blanket, duvet:
I’ll go and find you some clean sheets and blankets.
white cotton sheets
change the sheets (=put clean sheets on a bed)

2. PAPER a piece of paper for writing on, or containing information
sheet of
a sheet of paper with names and numbers on it
clean/blank sheet of paper (=one with no writing on it)

3. THIN FLAT PIECE a thin flat piece of something such as metal or glass, that usually has four sides
sheet of
a sheet of glass ⇒ sheet metal

4. LARGE FLAT AREA a large flat area of something such as ice or water spread over a surface
sheet of
A sheet of ice covered the lake.

5. OF RAIN/FIRE a sheet of rain or fire is a very large moving mass of it
sheet of
Sheets of flame shot into the air.
in sheets
The rain was coming down in sheets.

6. ON A SHIP technical a rope or chain attached to a sail on a ship that controls the angle between a sail and the wind
⇒ baking sheet, balance sheet, cookie sheet, rap sheet, time sheet, ⇒ as white as a sheet at white¹(3), ⇒ clean sheet at clean¹(9)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

sheet
noun
I. large piece of fabric used on a bed
ADJ. clean, fresh a pile of clean sheets
crumpled She had slept in her bed?the sheets were crumpled.
white | cool | cotton, linen, plastic, rubber, satin, silk | bed, double, fitted, single | bottom, top
VERB + SHEET change, fold, put on, tuck in She changed the sheets on all the beds. Could you put some fresh sheets on the bed?
climb between, slide between, slip between/under I slipped under the sheets and was asleep in an instant.
cover sb/sth with, pull back/over/up The police had covered the body with a sheet. I pulled the sheet up over my nose.
PREP. beneath/under a/the ~ | between the ~ She lay between the cool sheets.
PHRASES sheets and blankets

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

sheet
II. piece of paper
ADJ. blank, clean He pulled a blank sheet of paper towards him and began to write.
A3, A4, etc. | large | printed, typed The advertisement was a single printed sheet.
loose, separate | answer, balance, data, diet, fact, information, news, record, score I sent for the programme's free fact sheet on the disease.
VERB + SHEET take, use Take a clean sheet of paper and start again.
SHEET + NOUN music
PREP. ~ of a sheet of blotting paper
PHRASES a sheet of paper

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

sheet
III. flat thin piece of any material
ADJ. flat, large, thin | baking | dust The furniture was covered in dust sheets.
canvas, plastic, polythene | ice the Antarctic ice sheet
SHEET + NOUN metal, steel, vinyl sheet metal workers
PREP. ~ of a sheet of glass/plastic/metal (figurative) Sheets of flame shot into the air.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

piece an amount of something that has been cut or separated from the main part:
Could I have another piece of cake?
a piece of broken glass
Emma cut the pie into eight pieces.
bit a piece. Bit is more informal than piece and is often used about smaller pieces:
The notes were written on bits of paper.
He threw a bit of wood onto the fire.
lump a small piece of something solid or firm that does not have a regular shape:
two lumps of sugar
a lump of coal
a lump of clay
scrap a small piece of paper, cloth etc that is no longer needed:
I wrote the phone number on a scrap of paper.
The dog was eating scraps of food off the floor.
strip a long narrow piece of cloth, paper etc:
a strip of cloth
The leather had been cut into strips.
sheet a thin flat piece of something such as paper, glass, or metal:
a blank sheet of paper
a sheet of aluminium
slice a thin flat piece of bread, cake, meat etc cut from a larger piece:
a slice of pizza
Cut the tomatoes into thin slices.
chunk a piece of something solid that does not have a regular shape – used especially about food, rock, or metal:
The fruit was cut into large chunks.
a chunk of bread
hunk a large piece with rough edges, which has been cut or has broken off a bigger piece of food, rock etc:
a big hunk of cheese
hunks of concrete
block a piece of something solid, which has straight sides:
concrete blocks
a block of cheese
a block of ice
slab a thick flat piece of stone, or of cake, meat etc:
The floor had been made from stone slabs.
a slab of beef
cube a piece that has six square sides – used especially about food:
a cube of sugar
ice cubes
wedge a piece that has a thick end and a pointed end, and is shaped like a triangle – used especially about food and metal:
a wedge of cheese
bar a block of soap, chocolate, candy, or metal, which has straight sides:
a chocolate bar
a bar of soap
gold bars worth more than £26 million
rasher British English a slice of bacon:
I usually have two rashers of bacon for breakfast.
cut to divide something into two or more pieces, especially using a knife or scissors:
Do you want me to cut the cake?
He cut off the lower branches.
snip to quickly cut something, especially using scissors:
I snipped the label off.
The hairdresser snipped away at her hair.
slit to make a long narrow cut through something, especially using a knife:
He slit the envelope open with a penknife.
She slit through the plastic covering.
slash to cut something quickly and violently with a knife, making a long thin cut:
Someone had slashed the tyres on his car.
He tried to slash his wrists.
saw to cut wood, using a saw (=a tool with a row of sharp points):
Saw the wood to the correct length.
chop to cut wood, vegetables, or meat into pieces:
Bill was outside chopping up firewood with an axe.
They chopped down the old tree.
finely chopped onion
dice to cut vegetables or meat into small square pieces:
First dice the apple into cubes.
grate to cut cheese or a hard vegetable by rubbing it against a special tool:
Grate the cheese and sprinkle it over the vegetables.
peel to cut the outside part off something such as a potato or apple:
I peeled the potatoes and put them in a saucepan.
carve to cut thin pieces from a large piece of meat:
Uncle Ray carved the turkey.
mow to cut the grass in a garden, park etc:
A gardener was mowing the lawn.
trim (also clip) to cut a small amount off something, especially to make it look neater:
He was trimming his beard.
Trim the excess fat off the meat.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

piece an amount of something that has been cut or separated from the main part:
Could I have another piece of cake?
a piece of broken glass
Emma cut the pie into eight pieces.
bit a piece. Bit is more informal than piece and is often used about smaller pieces:
The notes were written on bits of paper.
He threw a bit of wood onto the fire.
lump a small piece of something solid or firm that does not have a regular shape:
two lumps of sugar
a lump of coal
a lump of clay
scrap a small piece of paper, cloth etc that is no longer needed:
I wrote the phone number on a scrap of paper.
The dog was eating scraps of food off the floor.
strip a long narrow piece of cloth, paper etc:
a strip of cloth
The leather had been cut into strips.
sheet a thin flat piece of something such as paper, glass, or metal:
a blank sheet of paper
a sheet of aluminium
slice a thin flat piece of bread, cake, meat etc cut from a larger piece:
a slice of pizza
Cut the tomatoes into thin slices.
chunk a piece of something solid that does not have a regular shape – used especially about food, rock, or metal:
The fruit was cut into large chunks.
a chunk of bread
hunk a large piece with rough edges, which has been cut or has broken off a bigger piece of food, rock etc:
a big hunk of cheese
hunks of concrete
block a piece of something solid, which has straight sides:
concrete blocks
a block of cheese
a block of ice
slab a thick flat piece of stone, or of cake, meat etc:
The floor had been made from stone slabs.
a slab of beef
cube a piece that has six square sides – used especially about food:
a cube of sugar
ice cubes
wedge a piece that has a thick end and a pointed end, and is shaped like a triangle – used especially about food and metal:
a wedge of cheese
bar a block of soap, chocolate, candy, or metal, which has straight sides:
a chocolate bar
a bar of soap
gold bars worth more than £26 million
rasher British English a slice of bacon:
I usually have two rashers of bacon for breakfast.
fragment a small piece that has broken off something, especially something hard:
The window shattered, covering them with fragments of glass.
They found fragments of bone.
crumb a very small piece of bread, cake etc:
There were just a few crumbs left on the plate.
speck a piece of something such as dirt or dust which is so small you almost cannot see it:
She brushed the specks of dust from the table.
drop a very small amount of a liquid:
There were drops of blood on the floor.
I felt a drop of rain.
slab of rock/stone/meat

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

sheet
̈ɪʃi:t
See: scandal sheet , three sheets in the wind or three sheets to the wind

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲