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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:

I've put clean sheets on the bed.

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sheetverb

uk ​ /ʃiːt/ us ​ /ʃiːt/

(Definition of “sheet” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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sheetnoun [ C ]

us ​ /ʃit/

› a large rectangular piece of cloth used to cover a bed, or a rectangular piece of any material, such as paper, glass, or metal:

She made up the bed with clean sheets.
Do you have a sheet of paper I could use?
She put the dough onto cookie sheets.

› A sheet is also a thin layer of something:

A sheet of ice formed on the puddles.

(Definition of “sheet” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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