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A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
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Use the sheets in the hall closet to make the bed.
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A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache, etc.
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A sheet of paper measuring eight and one-half inches wide by eleven inches high is a popular item in commerce.
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A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
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Place the rolls on the cookie sheet, edges touching, and bake for 10-11 minutes.
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A thin, flat layer of solid material.
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A sheet of that new silicon stuff is as good as a sheet of tinfoil to keep food from sticking in the baking pan.
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A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface.
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Mud froze on the road in a solid sheet, then more rain froze into a sheet of ice on top of the mud!
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A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.
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To be "three sheets to the wind" is to say that a four-cornered sail is tethered only by one sheet and thus the sail is useless.
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A sail.
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The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.
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A layer of veneer.
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Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.
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An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
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The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.
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fore sheets; stern sheets
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A distinct level or stage within a game.