noun
Other Word Forms
- unsheeting adjective
Etymology
Origin of sheeting
Example Sentences
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Plastic sheeting is taped across all the windows and there's a large padlock hanging on the door handle.
From BBC
The external walls of the soaring residential towers were covered in bamboo scaffolding and wrapped in netting and plastic sheeting.
From Barron's
On Thursday a fire broke out, burning a hole through the sheeting covering the venue and causing 13 smoke inhalation injuries.
From BBC
After the fire broke out, orange flames burned a hole through the sheeting that covers the venue, which is in a former aerodrome.
From BBC
The “rubble” that rained down on the workers was probably pieces of the steel sheeting that had surrounded the reactor building.
From Literature
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