sheet
any broad thin expanse or surface
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,793 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,936 times across 173,643 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- any broad thin expanse or surface a sheet of ice
- paper used for writing or printing also: piece of paper, sheet of paper
- bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs also: bed sheet
- (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape also: plane we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y planeany line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane
- newspaper with half-size pages also: tabloid, rag
- a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width also: flat solid
sheet in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Grabbing the sheet from the old woman, she flung it about herself.
The Soul of a Child · Edwin Björkman · Chapter 1
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He was whiter than a sheet; and his face betrayed the most intense anxiety.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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After sitting for twenty minutes before a blank sheet of foolscap, Lenox gave up all further effort at mental concentration.
The great amulet · Maud Diver · Chapter 1
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Fuji came up with the milk, and looked very grave when he saw the muddy footprints on the clean sheet.
Where the Blue Begins · Christopher Morley · Chapter 1
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She stood upright by the foot of the bed as Martha drew the sheet over the face of the dead woman.
The three sisters [Night watches, Part 6.] · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1