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sheet
English
Etymology
From Middle English schete; partly from Old English s??ete (“a sheet, a piece of linen cloth”); partly from Old English s??ata (“a corner, angle; the lower corner of a sail, sheet”); and Old English s??at (“a corner, angle”); all from Proto-Germanic *skautij?, *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”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?i?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /?it/
- Hyphenation: sheet
- Rhymes: -i?t
Noun
sheet (plural sheets)
- A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
- 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.
- Holonyms: signature, quire
- Meronyms: leaf, folium, page
- A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
- A thin, flat layer of solid material.
- A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface.
- (nautical) A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.
- (nautical, nonstandard) A sail.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
- (curling) The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.
- (nonstandard) A layer of veneer.
- (figuratively) Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.
- (geology) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
- (nautical) The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.
- (video games, dated) A distinct level or stage within a game.
- 1984 February, Sinclair Programs
- If you land safely you will gain 30 extra points and move to the next sheet.
- 1984, Chris Passey and Matthew Uffindell, Run It Again, in Crash issue 4 [1]
- What distinguishes Eskimo Eddie from the others is that it has two totally different sheets in the game. […] In the first sheet, Frogger style, you have to rescue Percy penguin from Growler the bear.
- 1984 February, Sinclair Programs
Synonyms
- (piece of paper): page
- (line): rope
- (expanse of material): blanket, coat, coating, layer
Hyponyms
Coordinate terms
- (thin layer of solid material): film
- (expanse of material): film
Derived terms
Related terms
- hit the sheets
- three sheets to the wind
- under the sheets
- white as a sheet
Translations
References
- sheet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
sheet (third-person singular simple present sheets, present participle sheeting, simple past and past participle sheeted)
- (transitive) To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.
- (transitive) To form into sheets.
- (intransitive) Of rain, or other precipitation, to pour heavily.
- (nautical) To trim a sail using a sheet.
Translations
References
- sheet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- seeth, thees, these
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stratum
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin str?tum (“a spread for a bed, coverlet, quilt, blanket; a pillow, bolster; a bed”), neuter singular of str?tus, perfect passive participle of stern? (“spread”). Doublet of estrade.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?st???t?m/, /?st?e?t?m/
Noun
stratum (plural stratums or strata)
- One of several parallel horizontal layers of material arranged one on top of another.
- Synonym: tier
- (geology) A layer of sedimentary rock having approximately the same composition throughout.
- Synonyms: bed, layer
- Coordinate term: seam
- Any of the regions of the atmosphere, such as the stratosphere, that occur as layers.
- (biology) A layer of tissue.
- A class of society composed of people with similar social, cultural, or economic status.
- (ecology) A layer of vegetation, usually of similar height.
- (computing) The level of accuracy of a computer's clock, relative to others on the network.
Related terms
- stratification
- stratify
- stratosphere
Translations
Further reading
- stratum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- stratum in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- stratum in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch stratum, from Latin stratum. Doublet of setrat and strata.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?strat?m]
- Hyphenation: stra?tum
Noun
stratum (first-person possessive stratumku, second-person possessive stratummu, third-person possessive stratumnya)
- (geology) stratum, a layer of sedimentary rock having approximately the same composition throughout.
Related terms
Further reading
- “stratum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Etymology
From str?tus, perfect passive participle of stern? (“spread”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?stra?.tum/, [?s?(t?)?ä?t????]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?stra.tum/, [?st????t?um]
Noun
str?tum n (genitive str?t?); second declension
- a bed-covering, coverlet, quilt, blanket
- a pillow, bolster
- a bed, couch
- a horse-blanket, saddle-cloth
- a pavement
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Descendants
Verb
str?tum
- accusative supine of stern?
References
- stratum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- stratum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- stratum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- stratum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
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