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Definitions for Sheaf

[1] one of the bundles in which cereal plants, as wheat, rye, etc., are bound after reaping.
[2] any bundle, cluster, or collection: a sheaf of papers.
[3] to bind (something) into a sheaf or sheaves.
[4] a bundle of reaped but unthreshed corn tied with one or two bonds
[5] a bundle of objects tied together
[6] the arrows contained in a quiver
[7] (tr) to bind or tie into a sheaf

Words related to Sheaf

box, container, parcel, packet, kit, bag, bottle, mountain, pyramid, heap, bundle, bevy, group, crowd, cluster, mess, chunk, flock, number, batch

Words nearby Sheaf

shea, shea butter, shea nut, shea tree, sheading, sheaf, shealing, shear, shear force, shear legs, shear modulus

Origin of Sheaf

before 900; Middle English shefe (noun), Old English schēaf; cognate with Dutch schoof sheaf, German Schaub wisp of straw, Old Norse skauf tail of a fox

Other words from Sheaf

sheaf·like , adjective

Word origin for Sheaf

Old English sceaf, related to Old High German skoub sheaf, Old Norse skauf tail, Gothic skuft tuft of hair

Synonyms for Sheaf

bag, bottle, box, container, kit, packet, parcel, amalgamation, assortment, baggage, bale, batch, bunch, burden, can, carton, combination, crate, entity, load, lot, luggage, pack, pile, sack, stack, suitcase, tin, trunk, unit, biddle