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   sheaf

   /ʃiːf/

   noun

   • 1. a bundle of grain stalks laid lengthways and tied together after reaping.
   • ▪ a bundle of objects of one kind, especially papers: "he waved a sheaf of papers in the air"

   verb

   • 1. bundle into sheaves: "the corn and barley had to be sheafed and stooked"

   Word Origin Old Englishscēaf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schoof ‘sheaf’ and German Schaub ‘wisp of straw’, also to the verb shove.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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