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oversheet

oversheet noun: a sheet placed over the top of something.

Noun

oversheet (plural oversheets)

  1. A sheet placed over the top of something.
    • The usual procedure in such areas is to construct, on an oversheet of transparent paper, the entire land net of the area to be mapped.1951, American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, Surveying and mapping: Volume 11

Verb

oversheet (third-person singular simple present oversheets, present participle oversheeting, simple past and past participle oversheeted)

  1. To put cladding over (a roof).

Forms of oversheet

Noun
pluraloversheets
Verb
third-person singular presentoversheets
present participleoversheeting
past participleoversheeted
pastoversheeted

Origin of oversheet

From over- + sheet.

Questions about oversheet

What does oversheet mean?
Oversheet means a sheet placed over the top of something.
What part of speech is oversheet?
Oversheet can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of oversheet?
The plural of oversheet is oversheets.

Words near oversheet in the dictionary

  1. overshave
  2. overshaved
  3. overshaven
  4. overshaves
  5. overshaving
  6. oversheet
  7. oversheeted
  8. oversheets
  9. overshepherd
  10. overshepherds
  11. overshift

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