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Definitions of net
  1. noun
    an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
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    types:
    gaas, gaasweefsel, metaalgaas, tetra, verbandgaas, vlechtdraad
    a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
    haarnetje
    a small net that some women wear over their hair to keep it in place
    tule
    a fine (often starched) net used for veils or tutus or gowns
    kaasdoek, kaaslinnen
    a coarse loosely woven cotton gauze; originally used to wrap cheeses
    type of:
    doek, kleed, materiaal, stof, stofdoek, stofvod, textiel, textielindustrie, textielnijverheid, textielvezel, weefsel
    artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
  2. noun
    a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects
    synonyms: maaswerk, vangnet
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    types:
    schepnet, visnet
    a net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in
    schepnet
    a bag-shaped fishnet on a long handle to take a captured fish from the water
    treknet
    a large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom
    boomkor, kuil, sleepnet, trawl, trawlnet, treil, treilnet, treknet
    a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths
  3. noun
    (broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs
    synonyms: netwerk, raderwerk, web
  4. noun
    a system of intersecting lines or channels
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    type of:
    bestel, module, modulus, stelsel, systeem
    instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
  5. noun
    a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts
    synonyms: netwerk, raderwerk, web
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    types:
    spijsverteringsstelsel
    the system that makes food absorbable into the body
    musculatuur, spierstelsel
    the muscular system of an organism
    zenuwgestel, zenuwstelsel
    the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells
    ademhalingswegen, luchtweg, luchtwegen
    the system for taking in oxygen and giving off carbon dioxide; in terrestrial animals this is accomplished by breathing
    bloedvatenstelsel, vaatstelsel
    the vessels and tissue that carry or circulate fluids such as blood or lymph or sap through the body of an animal or plant
    been, beenderen, beendergestel, beenderstelsel, doodsbeenderen, gebeente, geraamte, karkas, skelet
    the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
    diafragma, membraan, middenrif
    (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration
    lymfevatenstelsel, lymfvatenstelsel
    the interconnected system of spaces and vessels between body tissues and organs by which lymph circulates throughout the body
    bloedvatenstelsel
    the organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body
    farynx, keelgat, keelholte, slenk, slokdarm
    the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
    type of:
    lichaamsdeel, lid
    any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity
  6. noun
    filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
  7. noun
    a web spun by spiders to trap insect prey
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    type of:
    prikkeldraadversperring, spinsel
    an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
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