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| plate |
a thin sheet of a hard material, either natural or man-made. [1/10 definitions] |
| printed circuit |
an electric circuit in which the interconnections are formed not by wires but by lines or strips of a conductive material printed, etched, or otherwise deposited on an insulating sheet. |
| quarto |
in printing, the size of a page equal to one quarter of a standard whole sheet, or about nine by twelve inches. [2/3 definitions] |
| racing form |
a printed sheet or booklet containing information about the horses running at one or several racetracks. |
| safety glass |
glass made of two layers separated by a sheet of clear plastic or the like to prevent the glass from shattering into pieces. |
| scratch sheet |
a racing publication listing the horses removed from races that day, and other pertinent information such as betting odds; dope sheet. |
| sheet1 |
to wrap in, supply with, or cover with a sheet. [1/6 definitions] |
| sheet2 |
to move or secure by means of a sheet. [1/2 definitions] |
| sheet lightning |
lightning reflected and diffused, often by a distant thunderstorm, that flashes like a sheet of light in the sky. |
| shroud |
a wrap for a corpse; winding sheet. [1/6 definitions] |
| stencil |
a sheet of some material impervious to paint, inks, or the like out of which letters or a pattern has been cut, so that paint, ink, or the like can pass through to form a design on the underlying surface. [1/4 definitions] |
| stet |
to mark (previously canceled material on a proof sheet, manuscript, or the like) with the direction "stet". [1/2 definitions] |
| stovepipe |
a cylindrical sheet metal pipe that conducts smoke and fumes from a stove into a vertical flue. [1/2 definitions] |
| tarpaulin |
a large sheet of plastic, waterproofed canvas, or other material used to cover and protect something, usu. from rain or snow. |
| time sheet |
a sheet of paper on which an employee's work hours are recorded. |
| tin |
thin sheet iron or steel plated with tin. [1/8 definitions] |
| tinfoil |
tin, aluminum, or a tin alloy rolled out in a thin, flexible sheet and used as wrapping or lining, as for food and food containers. |
| tin plate |
thin sheet iron or steel plated with tin. |
| trace1 |
to duplicate by following the lines on an original as seen through a sheet of transparent paper. [1/11 definitions] |
| trampoline |
a sheet of strong canvas stretched on a horizontal frame by springs or elastic cords, used for tumbling and acrobatics. |
| turn down |
to pull (a bed sheet or the like) downward and over so that it partially covers something else, such as a blanket. [1/4 definitions] |
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