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freesheet en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfɹiːʃiːt/ (UK)

Etymology

From free + sheet.

Meanings

  1. (UK) A free newspaper.
    • A helpful assistant suggested a local newspaper for English-speaking residents, but after a taxi ride to La Napoule I found only the back-street office of a free-sheet listing properties for sale, swimming-pool constructors and dealers in used Mercedes. 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 108:

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Translations (3)

sv gratistidning (a free newspaper) · ka უფასო გაზეთი (a free newspaper) · pt jornal gratuito (a free newspaper)

freesheet en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfɹiːʃiːt/ (UK)

Etymology

Shortening of groundwood-free + sheet

Meanings

  1. (countable, qualifier:paper industry, uncountable) A sheet of paper that does not contain groundwood.

Forms

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freesheets Number=Plur lexicographic