sheet

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
2. 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. In modern books, each sheet of paper is typically folded in half, to produce two leaves and four pages. In the absence of folding, "leaf" and "sheet" are equivalent.
3. A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
4. A thin, flat piece or layer of solid material.
5. A broad, flat expanse or covering of a material on a surface.
6. An expanse of something.
7. A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.
8. (nonstandard) A sail.
9. The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.
10. (nonstandard) A layer of veneer.
11. (figuratively) Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.
12. An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
13. The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.
14. (dated) A distinct level or stage within a game.

Verb

1. (transitive) To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.
2. (transitive) To form into sheets.
3. (intransitive) To pour heavily.
4. To trim a sail using a sheet.

Concetti

foglio

lenzuolo

lamina

scotta

carta

lastra

falda

foglia

lamiera

titolo

strato

lenzuola

manto

piastra

banda

posatore

coltre

documento

latta

mura

pagina

piano

tavola

teglia da forno

vela

foglietto

sinonimi

leaf

plate

page

paper

slab

bed sheet

layer

sail

board

bedsheet

pane

flat solid

stratum

shroud

cover

card

sheet of paper

coat

🧥

canvass

canvas

piece of paper

tabloid

lamina

register

blanket

rag

mat

bed

🛏️

film

📽️

list

bed-sheet

veneer

detachable

tack

covering

length

tear-off

course

sheet metal

roll

sheeting

panel

foil

cloth

plane

mainsheet

newspaper

📰

plank

statement

weather sheet

Traduzioni

feuille

drap

hoja

sábana

Blatt

Laken

laken

blad

Bettlaken

lençol

Bettuch

Platte

σεντόνι

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ʃiːt/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine frisone settentrionale: skut

Affine frisone occidentale: skoat

Affine olandese: schoot

Affine tedesco: Schoß

Affine svedese: sköt

Affine islandese: skaut

In summary

From Middle English schete; partly from Old English sċīete (“a sheet, a piece of linen cloth”); partly from Old English sċēata (“a corner, angle; the lower corner of a sail, sheet”); and Old English sċēat (“a corner, angle”); all from Proto-Germanic *skautijǭ, *skautaz (“corner, wedge, lap”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to throw, shoot, pursue, rush”).
Cognate with North Frisian skut (“the fold of a garment, lap, coattail”), West Frisian skoat (“sheet; sail; lap”), Dutch schoot (“the fold of a garment, lap, sheet”), German Low German Schote (“a line from the foot of a sail”), German Schoß (“the fold of a garment, lap”), Swedish sköt (“sheet”), Icelandic skaut (“the corner of a cloth, a line from the foot of a sail, the skirt or sleeve of a garment, a hood”).