spreadsheet /ˈspɹɛd.ʃiːt/noun 3verb 1forms 3 noun3 •A document created with such an application.A little later in this chapter, we'll run through some of the most common methods journalists use to analyze the material they gather and store in spreadsheets. — 2009 •(old-fashioned) A sheet of paper, marked with a grid, in which financial data is recorded and totals calculated manually. •A computer application for organization, analysis, and storage of data in tabular form.The program's most quintessentially Macintoshian feature, one as yet unique among spreadsheets, is its icon bar, which resides at the top of the screen just below the standard menu bar. — 1985 verb1 •To model or compute by means of a spreadsheet. formsspreadsheeted · spreadsheeting · spreadsheets