Net

Quick meaning: Net is a noun meaning A mesh of string, cord or rope.

Meaning

A mesh of string, cord or rope.

More Meanings

1. A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
2. A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
3. Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
4. (by extension) A trap.
5. A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them.
6. (sports) A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
7. (geometry) Any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form a given polyhedron.

Example Sentences

a hairnet; a mosquito net; a tennis net

caught in the prosecuting attorney's net

The striker headed the ball into the net to make it 1-0.

A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.

Word Forms

• nets
• netting
• netted
• nett

Synonyms for net

Depending on context, synonyms include mesh, network, snare, trap, reticulation, development.

Antonyms for net

Common opposites include gross.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include meshwork, mesh, network, sack, clear, reticulation.

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