Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: sheaf
IPA transcription: [ʃ'if]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: bundle, sheaf
    Meaning: a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing
Usage examples
  • A few letters were dictated, a sheaf of documents handed to her to copy, and John Dene disappeared.
  • He carried a big bunch of deep red for her mother, white for Polly, and a large sheaf of warm pink for Nancy Ellen.
  • He unlocked the iron safe, and took out the sheaf of Wylder's letters, and conned the last one over very carefully.
  • Every shelf of the what-not held a sheaf of bluebells; the dark corners on either side of the grate were lighted up with jars full of glowing crimson peonies, and the grate itself was aflame with yellow poppies.