netting

noun

net·​ting ˈne-tiŋ How to pronounce netting (audio)
1
2
: the act or process of making a net or network
3
: the act, process, or right of fishing with a net

Examples of netting in a Sentence

He put up wire netting around the garden. wore a veil of netting
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On the east side, there was no curtain wall yet—just sky, and a waist-high barrier of wire and netting. Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025 With these cyclical knock-on effects in mind, Washington state producers are now using netting and evaporative cooling to stave off sunburn, according to Kalcsits. Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 6 Jan. 2025 The global economy had been freed from the netting of politics—an antiquated pastime riddled with laws, parties, and voters—thereby enabling goods and capital to move freely toward new frontiers of profit opportunity for the betterment of all. Caitlín Doherty, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025 The podium was draped in brown camouflage military netting. Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 13 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for netting 

Word History

First Known Use

1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of netting was in 1567

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“Netting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/netting. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

netting

noun
net·​ting
ˈnet-iŋ
1
2
: the act or process of making a net

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