Kilo Lingo

/ʃiːt/

Line drawing of sheet
Coloured illustration of sheet
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Translation

A large thin piece of cloth for a bed, or a flat thin piece of paper, glass, or metal.

Word origin

From Old English sciete, a piece of cloth.

Origin
Old English
Root
sciete

Grammar

Gender
Pluralsheets

Examples

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Bed sheets are the thin cloth you lie on and under.

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"A sheet of paper" is one flat piece.

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This saying means very heavy rain, falling like a wall of water.

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This word is part of lesson 41.