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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
sheaf
sheaf [sheaf sheaves] BrE [ʃiːf] NAmE [ʃiːf] noun (pl. sheavesBrE [ʃiːvz] ; NAmE [ʃiːvz] )
1. a number of pieces of paper tied or held together
•He waved a sheaf of documents at me.
2. a bunch of ↑wheat tied together after being cut
Word Origin:
Old English scēaf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schoof ‘sheaf’ and German Schaub ‘wisp of straw’, also to the verb ↑shove.
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