EGAVE

net

About 38.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. symbol ISO 639-3 language code for Nete.
  2. noun A mesh of string, cord or rope.
    a hairnet; a mosquito net; a tennis net
  3. noun A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
  4. noun A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
  5. noun Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
    Petri net
  6. noun A trap.
    caught in the prosecuting attorney's net
  7. noun 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.
  8. noun A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them. A conductor that interconnects two or more component terminals.

Similar words

meshwork mesh network sack sack up clear reticulation lucre take-home ultimate

Often followed by

income worth of profit result effect sales present profits

Word family

Net netless netlike nets netted netter netters nettier nettiest netting

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