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Definition of sheet:
any broad thin expanse or surface; "a sheet of ice"
paper used for writing or printing bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape; "we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane"; "any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane" newspaper with half-size pages a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel come down as if in sheets; "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon" cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping; "sheet the body" |