Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sheeting

/ˈʃiːtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.73 in modern English

Syllables: sheet-ing
IPA: /ˈʃiːtɪŋ/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Fabric used to make sheets (bedding).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The process of forming material into sheets.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A lining of planks or boards for protecting an embankment.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A weathering process in which rock breaks into sheets after compressional stress on it is removed.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of sheet

Etymology

From sheet + -ing.

Usage

Inflected Forms

sheetings (plural)

Phrases

satin sheeting

Rhymes With

meeting eating beating treating competing cheating heating completing repeating seating greeting defeating

Questions

How do you pronounce sheeting?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʃiːtɪŋ/.
What does sheeting mean?: Fabric used to make sheets (bedding).
Where does sheeting come from?: From sheet + -ing.

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