Meaning Of The Word Sheaf

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sheaf
countable noun: A sheaf of corn or wheat is a number of corn or wheat plants that have been cut down and tied together.
countable noun: A sheaf of papers is a number of them held or fastened together.

sheaf in American English
a bunch of cut stalks of grain, etc. bound up in a bundle
sheave2
noun: one of the bundles in which cereal plants, as wheat, rye, etc., are bound after reaping
transitive verb: to bind (something) into a sheaf or sheaves

sheaf in British English
noun: a bundle of reaped but unthreshed corn tied with one or two bonds
verb: to bind or tie into a sheaf

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