sheeting

1. 1
   noununcountable

   Cloth used for making bed sheets.

   Like the roll of cloth used to make clothes, but meant for beds.

   The store sells cotton sheeting by the yard.

   This sheeting feels too rough for summer bedding.

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   The making of a material into flat, thin layers.

   The sheeting of aluminum needs strong rollers.

   During sheeting, the hot plastic is pressed flat.

   Similarrolling, flattening

3. 3
   verb

   Present participle of sheet. Use this -ing form for an action happening right now.

   Rain was sheeting down the windows all night.

   The men were sheeting the barn roof before the rain came.

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4. 4
   noununcountable

   A layer of wooden boards put up to protect the side of a riverbank.

   Like a wooden wall that stops dirt from sliding into the water.

   Workers fixed timber sheeting along the canal bank.

   The old sheeting had rotted and no longer held back the soil.

   Similarplanking, boarding, revetment

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5. 5
   noununcountable

   A breaking of rock into flat layers after heavy pressure on it is removed.

   Like the layers of an onion peeling off one by one.

   Granite hills often show sheeting near the surface.

   The curved slabs on the cliff were caused by sheeting.

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