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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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Just point your hose right at the netting!
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Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 May 2026
Cloches, mesh cages, and netting can also be used to protect vegetables and fruit growing in pots and planters.
—Cori Sears, The Spruce, 13 May 2026
The ensemble included a billowing white coat with a high neckline collar and a coordinated chapeau with birdcage netting.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 9 May 2026
If Wedgewood made a stick save and sent a puck into the netting, Jean would yell at him to still follow the rebound.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 7 May 2026
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Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 May 2026
Cloches, mesh cages, and netting can also be used to protect vegetables and fruit growing in pots and planters.
—Cori Sears, The Spruce, 13 May 2026
The ensemble included a billowing white coat with a high neckline collar and a coordinated chapeau with birdcage netting.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 9 May 2026
If Wedgewood made a stick save and sent a puck into the netting, Jean would yell at him to still follow the rebound.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 7 May 2026
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 16 May. 2026.
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