sheaf
Bound wheat stalks
A sheaf is a bundle of grain stalks bound together after harvesting, stood upright to dry in the field.
The word extends to any similar bundle: a sheaf of papers, a sheaf of arrows.
The image suggests items of the same kind gathered and held together.
Plural: sheaves.
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- hayDried feed crop
- stalksFollows obsessively or secretly
- reedsHollow-stemmed marsh plants
- twineStranded cord for tying
cord · tie · binding · faggot · gathering · flax · rushes · thatch
Cereal crop for flour
- barleyGrain for malt
- oatsCereal grain for porridge
- ryeHardy cereal crop
- cerealProcessed grain for breakfast
harvest · threshing · reaping · sickle · scythe · chaff · stalk · stubble
Formal written records
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- folioSingle-fold page format
- parchmentTreated hide for manuscripts
- letterheadBranded formal stationery
printout · transcript · portfolio · dossier · file · correspondence · paperwork · bundle
straw
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twine · cord · tie · binding · faggot · gathering · flax · rushes · thatch · armful
wheat
Cereal crop for flour
cereal · harvest · threshing · reaping · sickle · scythe · chaff · stalk · stubble · gleaning
documents
Formal written records
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- folioSingle-fold page format
- parchmentTreated hide for manuscripts
letterhead · printout · transcript · portfolio · dossier · file · correspondence · paperwork · bundle · stack
quiver
Trembling or arrow case
bolts · projectiles · ammunition · broadhead · shaft · hunting · bowstring · archer · longbow · crossbow
- grain farmingwheat, wheat field, wheat fields, wheat farming, corn
- harvestreaping, fall harvest, reaper, reap, gathering
- floristrybouquets, arrangements, corsages, bouquet, centerpieces
- farm bundleshay bale, straw bale, round bale, square bale, cotton bale
- fertility symbolsyoni, lingam, phallus, womb, vulva
- algebraic geometryvariety, varieties, scheme, schemes, divisor
sheafscattering
Distribution in many directions
scatter · disarray · jumble · loose papers · handful
- wheat sheafBound bundle of grain
- wheat sheavesBundled grain stalks