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Fishing net   /fˈɪʃɪŋ nɛt/   Listen
Fishing net

noun
1.
A net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in.  Synonym: fishnet.






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"Fishing net" Quotes from Famous Books



... up towards the moon Like peacocks through the sunlit air: And the butterflies flapped into silver fish; And each wish spoiled another wish; Till we threw the glass down in despair; For, getting whatever you want to get, Is like drinking tea from a fishing net. ...
— Collected Poems - Volume One (of 2) • Alfred Noyes



Words linked to "Fishing net" :   drift net, trawl, landing net, net, trammel net, dragnet, gill net, seine, fishnet, trammel, trawl net



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