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Definition of "fishnet" []

  • Netting used to catch fish. (noun)
  • A mesh fabric resembling such netting. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "fishnet" in a sentence
  • "Does the whole legs in fishnet stockings seem strange to other folks?"
  • "Why then, I wonder, would anyone dress her in fishnet stockings and then COVER 90% of those stockings with what appears to be a terry cloth bath towel and small print?"
  • "I don’t see myself desperately grasping for fame and adulation while shimmying awkwardly in fishnet stockings."