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: the act or process of making a net or network
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: 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 smaller bedroom contains a single bed and is suitable for a child, while the larger bedroom, with a double bed, is reached by the netting.
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New Atlas, 27 Nov. 2025
Renovation work had covered the buildings in bamboo scaffolding, green construction netting, and protective plastic sheets.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 27 Nov. 2025
Officials said the blaze may have started on a section of bamboo scaffolding encasing the complex, then spread to other buildings through the wooden poles and protective netting — prompting public scrutiny of the city’s housing standards.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 27 Nov. 2025
Blaze That Tore Through Seven Towers The fire at the housing complex, which ignited on Wednesday afternoon, spread rapidly across bamboo scaffolding and green netting wrapped around the buildings for renovation works.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
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New Atlas, 27 Nov. 2025
Renovation work had covered the buildings in bamboo scaffolding, green construction netting, and protective plastic sheets.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 27 Nov. 2025
Officials said the blaze may have started on a section of bamboo scaffolding encasing the complex, then spread to other buildings through the wooden poles and protective netting — prompting public scrutiny of the city’s housing standards.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 27 Nov. 2025
Blaze That Tore Through Seven Towers The fire at the housing complex, which ignited on Wednesday afternoon, spread rapidly across bamboo scaffolding and green netting wrapped around the buildings for renovation works.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for netting
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“Netting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/netting. Accessed 4 Dec. 2025.
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