Definition of netting
1 : network 1
2 : the act or process of making a net or network
3 : the act, process, or right of fishing with a net
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Examples of netting in a Sentence
He put up wire netting around the garden.
wore a veil of netting
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The first was a header that found the side netting and the second was a soft shot that keeper Daniel Vega saved easily.
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The two women tentatively step on the netting as the beat and the swaggering lyrics kick in.
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Raising the height of rails to 42 inches and/or installing netting can be done for a small fraction of the billions of dollars in revenues generated each year by media, corporate sponsorships, and ticket sales.
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First Known Use of netting
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NETTING Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of netting for English Language Learners
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: material consisting of pieces of string, rope, wire, etc., that are woven together with open spaces left in between : material that is used to make nets
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