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Definition: Bed Sheet |
Bed SheetNoun1. Bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Bed SheetSynonym: sheet (n). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | Honestly, Boon, you're twenty-one years old. In six months you're going to graduate, and tomorrow night you're going to wrap yourself in a bed sheet and pour grain alcohol all over your head. (Animal House; writing credit: Harold Ramis; Douglas Kenney) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Language | Translations for "bed sheet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | lagen (sheet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | beddelaken (sheet), laken (cloth, rebuke, reproach, reprove, scold, sheet, suiting, wooden cloth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | drap de lit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Bettuch (bedsheet, sheet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σεντόνι (sheet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ס"ין (sheet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | lenzuolo (sheet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | edbay eetshay lençol (sheet, web). (various references) krevetni čaršav. (various references) sabana (brush, brushwood, linen, savanna, savannah, sheet, veld). (various references) porsyn (r). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: bedsheet. | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-e-e-e-h-s-t" | |
-1 letter: seethed, sheeted. | |
-2 letters: behest, bested, seethe, thebes. | |
-3 letters: beets, beset, beths, debts, deets, hebes, heeds, sheet, steed, thebe, these. | |
-4 letters: beds, bees, beet, best, beth, bets, debs, debt, dees, deet, edhs, eths, hebe, heed, hest, hets, seed, shed, teds, teed, tees, thee. | |
-5 letters: bed, bee, bet, deb, dee, edh, eds, eth, hes, het, see, set, she, ted, tee, the. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-e-e-e-h-s-t" | |
+1 letter: bedsheets, hebetudes. | |
+3 letters: featherbeds. | |
+4 letters: thimbleweeds. | |
+5 letters: benightedness, mouthbreeders, reestablished. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 65 64 53 68 65 65 74 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100101 01100100 00100000 01010011 01101000 01100101 01100101 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B e d   S h e e t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0065 0064 0053 0068 0065 0065 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36717025374717186 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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