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Definition of "mosquito net" [mosquito net]

  • A fine net or screen used to keep out mosquitoes. (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 "mosquito net" in a sentence
  • "The Havel character asserts, "He who argues with a mosquito net will never dance with a goat near Podmokly.""
  • "Once in the middle of the night she heard Bill Holland get up and go out into the veranda; peering out through her mosquito net she could see him standing motionless against the stars."
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