Definitions for nettings

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nettings net·ting

Spelling: [net-ing]

IPA: /ˈnɛt ɪŋ/

Nettings is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 152 anagrams from letters in nettings (eginnstt).

Definitions for nettings

noun

1. any of various kinds of net fabric:
2. a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
3. a piece of meshed fabric designed to serve a specific purpose, as to divide a court in racket games or protect against insects:
4. anything serving to catch or ensnare:
5. a lacelike fabric with a uniform mesh of cotton, silk, rayon, nylon, etc., often forming the foundation of any of various laces.
6. (in tennis, badminton, etc.) a ball that hits the net.
7. Often, nets. the goal in hockey or lacrosse.
8. any network or reticulated system of filaments, lines, veins, or the like.
9. any network containing computers and telecommunications equipment.
10. the Net, the Internet.
11. Mathematics. the abstraction, in topology, of a sequence; a map from a directed set to a given space.
12. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Reticulum.
13. Informal. a radio or television network.
14. net income, profit, or the like.

adjective

1. remaining after deductions, as for charges or expenses (opposed to gross):
2. sold at a stated price with all parts and charges included and with all deductions having been made.
3. final; totally conclusive:
4. (of weight) after deduction of tare, tret, or both.

verb (used with object)

1. to cover, screen, or enclose with a net or netting:
2. to take with a net:
3. to set or use nets in (a river, stream, etc.), as for catching fish.
4. to catch or ensnare:
5. (in tennis, badminton, etc.) to hit (the ball) into the net.
6. to gain or produce as clear profit.

Origin of nettings

First recorded in 1560-70; net¹ + -ing¹

Examples for nettings

"Wait till I have finished this corner of my netting, and I'll go with you," said Julia.

From that quantity he can make $120,000, netting $70,000 in profit.

Our boat was not so large as the netting boat; it was not decked over.

He offloaded 20.1 million shares after the first lockup expired, netting him just under $400 million.

"They are netting fish illegally, I imagine," Elmer answered.

netting is taught, and the soldiers are encouraged to whittle.

Two colors may be used, netting five rows with one, and four with the other.

Max Azria showed fluid black-and-white dresses tricked out with slashes, netting and soft architectural overlays.

But on the other side of that netting they buzzed in an angry grey cloud.

With these specimens, are preserved some of the needles anciently used in netting.