sheet
noun OPAL S
/ʃiːt/
/ʃiːt/
Idioms 
enlarge imagea large piece of thin cloth used on a bed to lie on or lie under- Have you changed the sheets (= put clean sheets on the bed)?
- He slid between the sheets and closed his eyes.
- white bed sheets
Extra Examples- Could you put some fresh sheets on the bed?
- He threw back the sheets and rolled out of bed.
- I pulled the sheet up over my nose.
- I simply wrapped the sheet around her.
- I slipped under the sheets and was asleep in an instant.
- I threw a sheet over the sofa.
- She had slept in her bed—the sheets were crumpled.
- She lay between the cool sheets.
- The police had covered the body with a sheet.
- The baby was wrapped in a sheet.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clean
- crisp
- fresh
- …
- change
- fold
- put on
- …
- cover
- hang
- beneath a/the sheet
- under a/the sheet
- between the sheets
- …
- sheets and blankets
- be white as a sheet
- a piece of paper for writing or printing on, etc. usually in a standard size
- sheet of something a clean/blank sheet of paper (= with no writing on it)
- a sheet of A4
- Start each answer on a fresh sheet.
- Pick up one of our free information sheets at reception.
Extra Examples- He grabbed a blank sheet of paper and began to write.
- Take a clean sheet of paper and start again.
- She tore a sheet out of her notebook.
- The advertisement was a single printed sheet.
- a sheet of blotting paper
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- blank
- clean
- A3
- …
- take
- use
- rip
- …
- music
- sheet of
- a sheet of paper
- a flat thin piece of any material, normally square or rectangular
- sheet of something a sheet of glass/plastic/plywood/steel
- sheet metal (= metal that has been made into thin sheets)
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- flat
- large
- thick
- …
- metal
- steel
- vinyl
- …
- sheet of
- a wide flat area of something, covering the surface of something else
- sheet of something The road was covered with a sheet of ice.
Extra Examples- Sheets of lava poured out.
- Most of the surface is covered by a sheet of clay.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- flat
- large
- thick
- …
- metal
- steel
- vinyl
- …
- sheet of
- a large moving mass of fire or water
- a sheet of flame
- The rain was coming down in sheets (= very heavily).
- (specialist) a rope or chain fastened to the lower corner of a sail to hold it and to control the angle of the sail There are other compounds ending sheet. You will find them at their place in the alphabet.
on bed
of paper
flat thin piece
wide flat area
of fire/water
on sail
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 5 Old English scēte, scīete, of Germanic origin; related to the verb shoot in its primary sense ‘to project’.noun sense 6 Old English scēata ‘lower corner of a sail’, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse skauti ‘kerchief’.
Idioms
a clean sheet/slate
- a record of your work or behaviour that does not show any mistakes or bad things that you have done
- No government operates with a completely clean sheet.
- They kept a clean sheet in the match (= no goals were scored against them).