"sheet" | Definition and Related Words

sheet

Noun

Any broad thin expanse or surface (synset 109454964)
"a sheet of ice"

is a type of: expanse - a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky
Paper used for writing or printing (synset 106266354)
is a type of: paper - a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
subtypes:
- slip, slip of paper - a small sheet of paper
- signature - a sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to form a book
- folio, leaf - a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
- tear sheet - a sheet that can be easily torn out of a publication
- foolscap - a size of paper used especially in Britain
- style sheet - a sheet summarizing the editorial conventions to be followed in preparing text for publication
- worksheet - a sheet of paper with multiple columns; used by an accountant to assemble figures for financial statements
- revenue stamp, stamp - a small piece of adhesive paper that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid
same as: piece of paper, sheet of paper
Bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth;
Used in pairs (synset 104195222)
is a type of: bed linen - linen or cotton articles for a bed (as sheets and pillowcases)

subtypes: contour sheet, fitted sheet - a sheet (usually with elastic edges) tailored to fit a particular mattress

same as: bed sheet
(mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape (synset 113883265)
"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"

referred to in: math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement

is a type of: form, shape - the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
subtypes:
- cartesian plane - a plane in which all points can be described in Cartesian coordinates
- facet plane - the plane of a facet of an object (as of a cube)
- midline, midplane - the median plane of the body (or some part of the body)
- orbital plane - (astronomy) the plane on which a body is orbiting
- picture plane - the plane that is in the foreground of a drawing or painting; coextensive with but different from the objective surface of the work
- tangent plane - the plane that contains all the lines tangent to a specific point on a surface
same as: plane
Newspaper with half-size pages (synset 106278546)
is a type of: newspaper, paper - a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements

same as: rag, tabloid
A flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width (synset 104195686)
is a type of: artefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a whole
subtypes:
- blackboard, chalkboard - sheet of slate; for writing with chalk
- blank - a piece of material ready to be made into something
- board - a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose
- film, plastic film - a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things
- laminate - a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers
- membrane - a thin pliable sheet of material
- panel - sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something
- plate - a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
- photographic plate, plate - a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
- plate glass, sheet glass - glass formed into large thin sheets
- sheet metal - sheet of metal formed into a thin plate
- stencil - a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
same as: flat solid
(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind (synset 104195411)
referred to in: navigation, sailing, seafaring - the work of a sailor

is a type of: line - something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible

subtypes: futtock shroud - shroud that is part of a ship's rigging

is a part of: ship - a vessel that carries passengers or freight

same as: mainsheet, shroud, tack, weather sheet
A large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel (synset 104135005)
is a type of: piece of cloth, piece of material - a separate part consisting of fabric
subtypes:
- balloon sail - any light loose sail
- crossjack, mizzen course - the lowermost sail on a mizzenmast
- fore-and-aft sail - any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction
- foresail - the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel
- headsail - any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel
- mainsail - the lowermost sail on the mainmast
- main-topsail - a topsail set on the mainmast
- press of canvas, press of sail - the greatest amount of sail that a ship can carry safely
- royal - a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast
- save-all - a sail set to catch wind spilled from a larger sail
- skysail - the sail above the royal on a square-rigger
- square sail - a four-sided sail set beneath a horizontal yard suspended at the middle from a mast
- topgallant, topgallant sail - a sail set on a yard of a topgallant mast
- topsail - a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast
has: reef - one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind

is a part of: sailing ship, sailing vessel - a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts

same as: canvas, canvass, sail

Verb

Come down as if in sheets (synset 202764220)
"The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon"

is a type of: pelt, pour, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, stream - rain heavily
Cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping (synset 201341183)
"sheet the body"

is a type of: cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered

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