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Definition of sheaf noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

sheaf

noun

NAmE//ʃif//

(pl. sheaves

NAmE//ʃivz//

)

1a number of pieces of paper tied or held together He waved a sheaf of documents at me.

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2a bunch of wheat tied together after being cut

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