"freesheet" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfɹiːʃiːt/ [UK] Forms: freesheets [plural]
Etymology: From free + sheet. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|free|sheet}} free + sheet Head templates: {{en-noun}} freesheet (plural freesheets)
  1. (chiefly UK) A free newspaper. Tags: UK Translations (a free newspaper): უფასო გაზეთი (upaso gazeti) (Georgian), jornal gratuito [masculine] (Portuguese), gratistidning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-freesheet-en-noun-lJ1aJqN3 Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfɹiːʃiːt/ [UK] Forms: freesheets [plural]
Etymology: Shortening of groundwood-free + sheet Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} freesheet (countable and uncountable, plural freesheets)
  1. (paper industry) A sheet of paper that does not contain groundwood. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-freesheet-en-noun-GtWS-vtH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 108",
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