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  • 31sheet|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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  • 32Sheet Metal Workers' International Association — Infobox Union name= Sheet Metal Workers International Association full name= Sheet Metal Workers International Association founded= 1888 country= United States office= Washington, D.C. people= website= [http://www.smwia.org/ www.smwia.org]… …

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  • 33Metal roof — A metal roof, often referred to as a tin roof, is a roofing system made from metal pieces or tiles. It is a component of the building envelope. Enough corrugated zinc/aluminium sheeting to cover an average sized house, transported by motor cycle …

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  • 34metal — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ soft ▪ pure ▪ ferrous, non ferrous ▪ base, heavy, noble, precious …

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  • 35metal — See babbitt metal base metal burned metal ferrous metal heavy sheet metal light sheet metal noble metal nonferrous metal pedal to the metal pla …

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  • 36sheet — 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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  • 37sheet — 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… …

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  • 38sheet — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a large rectangular piece of cotton or other fabric, used esp. in pairs as inner bedclothes. 2 a a broad usu. thin flat piece of material (e.g. paper or metal). b (attrib.) made in sheets (sheet iron). 3 a wide continuous surface… …

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  • 39sheet — I. noun Etymology: Middle English shete, from Old English scēte, scīete; akin to Old English scēat edge, Old High German scōz flap, skirt Date: before 12th century 1. a. a broad piece of cloth; especially bedsheet b. sail 1a(1) 2 …

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  • 40sheet */*/*/ — UK [ʃiːt] / US [ʃɪt] noun [countable] Word forms sheet : singular sheet plural sheets 1) a large piece of thin cloth that you put on your bed and use for lying on or covering your body when you sleep change the sheets (= put clean sheets on a… …

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