sheet
gb/ʃˈit/ us/ʃˈit/
A1
Englisch
~ 1500
Bedeutungen
0 Bedeutungen
Nomen
A1
entity
1
large cloth for a bed
A big piece of cloth that covers a bed or goes under you when you sleep.
Verwendungsmuster:
a [adjective] sheet
Häufiger Fehler:
Learners sometimes confuse 'sheet' with 'blanket', but a sheet is thinner and used directly on the mattress or under the blanket.
Synonyme
bedsheet (More specific term for a sheet used on a bed; less common in everyday speech.)
Antonyme
blanket (A covering for warmth, usually thicker than a sheet.)
Wortverbindungen
bed sheet
|clean sheet
|fitted sheet
|flat sheet
Themen
daily life
|home
|daily_life
|housing
|core_vocabulary
Beispiele
- I put clean sheets on the bed this morning.
- She folded the fitted sheet and placed it in the closet.
- The hotel provides fresh sheets every day.
Beispiele für Lernende
- I washed the bed sheet.
- The sheet is white.
- We need new sheets for the bed.
Nomen
A2
entity
2
thin flat piece of material
A thin, flat piece of something like paper or metal.
Verwendungsmuster:
a sheet of [material]
Häufiger Fehler:
Learners may confuse 'sheet' with 'page'. A 'page' is part of a book or document, while 'sheet' can refer to any single flat piece, often outside a bound book.
Synonyme
slab (Usually refers to a thicker and heavier piece of material.)
Antonyme
block (A solid, thick piece rather than thin and flat.)
Wortverbindungen
sheet of paper
|sheet of metal
|sheet of glass
Themen
materials
|daily life
|daily_life
|work
|core_vocabulary
Beispiele
- He wrote his notes on a sheet of paper.
- The carpenter cut a sheet of plywood for the table.
- The cookies were baked on a sheet of metal.
Beispiele für Lernende
- Please give me a sheet of paper.
- The roof is made from sheets of metal.
- I bought three sheets of glass.
Nomen
B1
entity
3
wide layer covering a surface
A big, thin layer of something that covers an area.
Verwendungsmuster:
a sheet of [substance]
Synonyme
layer (General term; not necessarily wide or continuous like 'sheet'.)
Antonyme
gap (An absence or opening instead of a covering layer.)
Wortverbindungen
sheet of ice
|sheet of rain
|sheet of plastic
Themen
nature
|weather
|science
Beispiele
- The road was covered by a sheet of ice.
- A sheet of rain fell across the valley.
- They wrapped the furniture in sheets of plastic.
Beispiele für Lernende
- The lake has a sheet of ice.
- There is a sheet of water on the floor.
- We put a sheet of paper over the table.
Nomen
technical
C1
entity
4
rope controlling a sail on boat
A rope on a boat that moves the sail.
Synonyme
line (General nautical term for rope; 'sheet' is specific to controlling sails.)
Wortverbindungen
loosen the sheet
|tighten the sheet
Themen
nautical
|travel
|transportation
Beispiele
- He pulled on the mainsail sheet to catch more wind.
- The sailor eased the jib sheet slightly.
- Without the sheets, you can't control the sails.
Beispiele für Lernende
- He pulled the sheet to move the sail.
- The boat has many sheets.
- They use sheets to control sails.
Grammatik
Grundform
sheet
IPA
GB/ʃˈit/
US/ʃˈit/
Silben & Betonung
sheet (1 Silbe)
Stress on 1st syllable (sheet)
Wortformen
Noun
- Base: sheet
- Plural: sheets
Wortfamilie
Forms
sheets
noun
Related words
Advanced or less common
sheeting
noun
Ausdrücke
clean sheet
1/klˈin ʃˈit/
fixed phrase
record with no mistakes/goals conceded
When someone has no mistakes or no goals scored against them in a game or activity.
Beispiele
- The goalkeeper kept a clean sheet during the match.
- He started his new job with a clean sheet.
three sheets to the wind
1/θɹˈi ʃˈits tə ðə wˈɪnd/
idiom
informal
very drunk and unsteady
To be very drunk and not able to walk or think well.
Beispiele
- By midnight he was three sheets to the wind.
- She stumbled home three sheets to the wind after the party.
sheet lightning
1/ʃˈit lˈaɪtnɪŋ/
fixed phrase
lightning lighting sky without bolts visible
Lightning that lights up clouds or sky but you cannot see the bolt hit the ground.
Beispiele
- We saw sheet lightning in the distance.
- Sheet lightning lit up the horizon.
sheet lightning
2/ʃˈit lˈaɪtnɪŋ/
fixed phrase
technical
lightning lighting up the sky
Lightning that makes the whole sky light up, but you do not see one clear line of lightning.
Beispiele
- From the city we could see only sheet lightning behind the clouds.
- Sheet lightning flickered across the horizon all evening.