hairnet

noun

hair·​net ˈher-ˌnet How to pronounce hairnet (audio)
: a net worn over the hair to keep it in place

Examples of hairnet in a Sentence

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In the video, Munn, 45, is in her hospital bed, hooked up to machines and wearing a hairnet. Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 20 Aug. 2025 The sandwich, featuring ground meat—generally beef—suspended in a thick, sweet tomatoey sauce, has become an avatar of the horrible school lunch, a cliché that tends to go along with hairnets, greasy aprons, and other elements of canteen grotesquerie. Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025 The reports also recorded staff who didn't wear the proper protective hairnets and aprons—and didn't wash their hands. Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025 Covered from head to toe in drab brown and sporting a bun hairdo covered by a hairnet knotted in the middle of her forehead, Gladys could be found on a park bench, where dirty old man Tyrone F. Horneigh (Arte Johnson) would sidle up to her and make an off-color, insulting remark. Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 2 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for hairnet

Word History

First Known Use

1822, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hairnet was in 1822

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“Hairnet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hairnet. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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hairnet

noun
hair·​net -ˌnet How to pronounce hairnet (audio)
: a net worn over the hair to keep it in place
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