thin sheets

Paper or foil

Thin sheets are flat, flexible materials of minimal thickness—paper, metal foil, plastic film, fabric.

The phrase appears in contexts ranging from cooking Roll the dough into thin sheets to manufacturing thin sheets of aluminum.

In printing and bookbinding, thin sheets may refer to lightweight paper stock.

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aluminum foil · membrane · laminate · veneer · film · layer · transparency · parchment · vellum · onion skin · tissue · gauze · leaf · ply · wafer · slice · flimsy · delicate

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thickness/bulk

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Thick flat pieces

blocks · chunks · bricks · ingots · billets

geometric form

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Equal-sided solid blocks

spheres · lumps · cylinders · rods · masses

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G