Flywire
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈflʌɪwʌɪə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Flywire is a noun meaning (chiefly Australia) A type of screening used to exclude flies and other insects.
Meaning
(chiefly Australia) A type of screening used to exclude flies and other insects.
Example Sentences
For a moment, she feared he would, like a new puppy, burst through the flywire.
He stood in the deep shadow of the open doorway, holding the flywire back with one hand and watching them get out and stretch their limbs in the sun.
He noticed for the first time that the fellow was naked. He had taken little notice of him in the darkened room, and afterwards had seen him only through the fly-wire door.
Word Forms
- flywires
- fly-wire
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fly-wire, firewire, flywhisk, zipwire, wire, smoothwire.
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