cotton sheet

  • 11sheet|ing — «SHEE tihng», noun. 1. a cotton or linen cloth, as for bedsheets: »heavy industrial cloth, such as “sheetings” used in cloth bags, auto upholstery and other industrial products (Wall Street Journal). 2. a lining or covering of timber or metal,… …

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  • 12sheet — n. piece of bed linen 1) a bed; cotton; percale sheet 2) a double; fitted; flat; king sized; queen sized; single; twin sheet 3) (misc.) to change the sheets = to put on clean sheets financial statement record 4) a balance sheet 5) (BE) a wages… …

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  • 13cotton — /kot n/, n. 1. a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc. 2. the plant itself, having… …

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  • 14Cotton — /kot n/, n. John, 1584 1652, U.S. clergyman, colonist, and author (grandfather of Cotton Mather). * * * I Seed hair fibre of various plants of the genus Gossypium, in the mallow family, native to most subtropical countries. The shrubby plants… …

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  • 15sheet — noun 1 large piece of fabric used on a bed ADJECTIVE ▪ clean, crisp, fresh ▪ a pile of clean sheets ▪ crumpled, rumpled (esp. AmE) ▪ …

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  • 16sheet — [[t]ʃi͟ːt[/t]] ♦♦♦ sheets 1) N COUNT A sheet is a large rectangular piece of cotton or other cloth that you sleep on or cover yourself with in a bed. Once a week, a maid changes the sheets. ...the luxury of silk sheets. 2) N COUNT A sheet of… …

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  • 17sheet — sheet1 sheetless, adj. sheetlike, adj. /sheet/, n. 1. a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, or other material used as an article of bedding, commonly spread in pairs so that one is immediately above and the other immediately below the… …

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  • 18sheet — /Si:t/ noun (C) 1 a large piece of thin cotton or nylon cloth that you put on a bed to lie on or lie under: change the sheets (=put clean sheets on a bed) 2 a thin flat piece of something such as paper, glass, or metal, that usually has four… …

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  • 19sheet — I [[t]ʃit[/t]] n. 1) a large rectangular piece of cotton or other fabric used as an article of bedding, commonly in pairs, with one below and one above the sleeper 2) a broad, relatively thin surface, layer, or covering: a sheet of ice[/ex] 3) a… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 20sheet — I. /ʃit / (say sheet) noun 1. a large rectangular piece of linen, cotton, or other material, used as an article of bedding, commonly one of a pair spread immediately above and below the sleeper. 2. a broad, thin mass, layer, or covering. 3. a… …