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freesheet

UK/ˈfɹiːʃiːt/

freesheet noun: a free newspaper.

Noun (1)

freesheet (plural freesheets)

  1. (UK) A free newspaper.
    • A helpful assistant suggested a local newspaper for English-speaking residents, but after a taxi ride to La Napoule I found only the back-street office of a free-sheet listing properties for sale, swimming-pool constructors and dealers in used Mercedes.2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 108

Noun (2)

freesheet (countable and uncountable, plural freesheets)

  1. (paper industry) A sheet of paper that does not contain groundwood.

Forms of freesheet

pluralfreesheets

Origin of freesheet

From free + sheet.

Shortening of groundwood-free + sheet

Questions about freesheet

What does freesheet mean?
Freesheet means a free newspaper.
What part of speech is freesheet?
Freesheet is a noun.
How do you pronounce freesheet?
Freesheet is pronounced /ˈfɹiːʃiːt/ (UK).
What is the plural of freesheet?
The plural of freesheet is freesheets.

Words near freesheet in the dictionary

  1. freeruns
  2. frees
  3. frees up
  4. Freese
  5. Freeses
  6. freesheet
  7. freesheets
  8. freeship
  9. freeships
  10. freesia
  11. freesias

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