top sheet

collocation in English

meaningsoftopandsheet

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top
adjective[before noun]
uk
/tɒp/us
/tɑːp/
at the highest part ...
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sheet
noun[C]
uk
/ʃiːt/us
/ʃiːt/
a large piece of thin cloth used on a bed for sleeping on ...
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(Definition oftopandsheetfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftop sheet

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After the treatments were positioned, thetopsheetof perspex was placed carefully over the top and secured with large binder clips.
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The slat was removed, the sand was levelled carefully and the arena was covered with thetopsheetof perspex and secured with the binder clips as before.
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Further, a protectivetopsheetof nearly transparent material, also melamine impregnated, was laid atop the cover sheet.
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Then the neck and thetopsheetwill be joint.
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The self-pierce rivet fully pierces thetopsheetmaterial(s) but only partially pierces the bottom sheet.
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In a further development, the researchers used very thin copper sheets in place of the decorative sheet (still overlaying that with the melamine-impregnatedtopsheet).
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Thetopsheetis the "original" and each of the additional sheets is called a carbon copy, from the use of the carbon paper.
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Scaling up this design and adding atopsheetgives a wiggler magnet, used in synchrotrons and free electron lasers.
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To use the sheets, one circled each letter or number row-by-row on thetopsheet.
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Thetopsheetof the budget is the summary of the entire budget of the project no matter what the size (cost).
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Thetopsheetwas heavily perforated to form cooling vents.
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A bed sheet is untucked at the head end of the bed and folded, making it look as if it is two sheets (an undersheet andtopsheet).
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For example, two copies of document being made, the papers would have a whitetopsheetand one colored second sheet below, which would be called two-part or duplicate.
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Thetopsheetwas carbonless paper.
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During the cure, the protective top sheets became transparent, so that the wood grain or other surface decoration was entirely visible.
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