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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The ball was flying toward the netting behind home plate. Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025 In a clip from the moment during the third inning, the Puerto Rican artist — whose real name is Benito Martínez Ocasio — initially shielded his head with his arm as the ball careened over the netting and began to fall near his seat. Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025 But Ezequiel Tovar’s foul ball down the third base line was caught against the netting by Matt Chapman. Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 27 Sep. 2025 Corporate power has shredded the netting of the World Wide Web, a phrase that now sounds risibly utopian. Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025 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 17 Oct. 2025.

Kids Definition

netting

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

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