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netting

n. uncountable
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈnɛtɪŋ// UK //nˈɛtɪŋ// net·ting Archaic Dialect

n. a material made of threads or wires that are tied together with holes between them. You use it to catch things, like fish, or to keep things out, like insects.

n. a fabric or structure made of interlaced threads, cords, or wires that form a mesh. Often used for protection, containment, or capture.


SIMPLE

We put netting over the bushes to keep the birds away.

CONTEXTUAL

The construction crew installed safety netting around the scaffolding to prevent debris from falling onto the sidewalk.

COMPLEX

Fine-mesh netting is essential in tropical regions to provide a physical barrier against mosquitoes, significantly reducing the transmission of malaria within residential areas.

Synonyms
Etymology 1

From net + -ing.

Etymology 2

From Middle English netting (“urine”). Further etymology unclear. Perhaps borrowed from Middle Low German nattinge (“wetness”), or derived from Middle Low German nette (“wetness, urine”), netten (“to wet, urinate”), from Old Saxon nettian, from Proto-West Germanic nattjan. Alternatively, perhaps from an unrecorded Old English nettan (“to wet”), from Proto-West Germanic nattjan (“to wet”), related to Middle Low German netten (“to wet, urinate”), Dutch netten (“to wet”), German nässen (“to wet”), all related to the above.

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