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Definition: NETTING |
NETTINGNoun1. Urine. 2. A network of ropes used for various purposes, as for holding the hammocks when not in use, also for stowing sails, and for hoisting from the gunwale to the rigging to hinder an enemy from boarding. 3. A piece of network; any fabric, made of cords, threads, wires, or the like, crossing one another with open spaces between. 4. The act or process of making nets or network, or of forming meshes, as for fancywork, fishing nets, etc. Personal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Net |
Date "NETTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1803. (references) |
Note: Netting \Net"ting\, noun. [From Net, noun]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Finance | An agreed offsetting of positions or obligations by trading partners or participants in a system. The netting reduces a large number of individual positions or obligations to a smaller number of positions. Netting may take several forms which have varying degrees of legal enforceability in the event of default of one of the parties(related terms:position netting and novation)[VE1]. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | A meshed structure of indefinite shape and size-composed of one yarn or of one or more systems of yarns interlaced or joined, or-obtained by other means, for example by stamping or cutting from sheet material or by extrusion. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Crossing | Net, plexus, web, mesh, twill, skein, sleeve, felt, lace; wicker; mat, matting; plait, trellis, wattle, lattice, grating, grille, gridiron, tracery, fretwork, filigree, reticle; tissue, netting, mokes; rivulation. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Clever | How to act insane: Put mosquito netting around your work area. Play a tape of jungle sounds all day. (references; author: unknown) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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 | Hauling longline - netting a sablefish - note large fish in water. Sablefish are also called black cod. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Crew readying netting for next trip. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | A bird's eye view of a passing hydrofoil and most of the netting complex. The mouth of the trap and the cod end extending landward can be clearly seen. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Turtle excluder device (TED) manufactured by Saunders Marine Machine Shop. The oval metal ring and bars deflect the turtles. The cut in the netting is where the trap door will be placed. The bars force a turtle to the trap door which will open allowing the turtle to go free. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Sailboat anglers netting a salmon. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Charter vessel (CPFV) anglers netting a salmon. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Seagull dining on remains of eels left in netting - part of fisheries bycatch. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Chris Doley, of NOAA, hauls an experimental crab pot from the water at a sampling site. Blue crab pot samples were taken at shallow-water sites around Poplar Island using pots with mesh sizes about three times smaller than used in commercial crab pots. The mesh in the pots used for sampling was about 1/2" of fine mesh netting. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | The hills are alive with the sounds of pollinating insects, and that's exactly what technicians Rebekah Andrus (left) and Olivia Messinger are netting in a field near the Wellsville Mountains in Utah. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Jack Dykinga.. |  | A young tree wrapped in plastic netting for protection. Credit: Carol Kauder. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Safety net" by Jim Robinson Commentary: "A close shot of a plastic safety netting ** if you download, please leave a comment, I would love to know what I'm doing right or wrong. I'm new at this photog thing." |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It was this netting which took the place of curtains |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | He entered the store and walked to the shelves where the whisky bottles stood behind wire netting. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Sleep under mosquito netting. (references) | |
These include the use of insect repellent, protective clothing, and mosquito netting. (references) | ||
In addition, travelers should take additional precautions, including sleeping under mosquito netting (bed nets). (references) | ||
Economic History | Indonesia | It has set the same target for FY 2001, but has conducted only two small initial public offerings of state pharmaceutical companies netting $23 million. (references) |
Japan | All other restrictions on methods of payment--including netting of settlements--were also removed, enhancing the ability of foreign and Japanese financial firms to offer a fuller range of services in Japan. (references) | |
Belgium | Coordination centers serve companies of an international group and can perform various financial and other services such as financing, leasing, netting, re-invoicing and factoring, as well as administrative and support services. (references) | |
Political Economy | ISRAEL | After netting out foreign assets of $61.2 billion, the country's net external debt was $4.8 billion in mid 2001. (references) |
Trade | Switzerland | Netting of trade-related payments and financial transactions is also allowed, without prior authorization. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "NETTING" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.30% of the time. "NETTING" is used about 224 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 93.3% | 209 | 21,011 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 6.7% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Total | 100.00% | 224 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "NETTING": braided netting twine ♦ cabled netting twine ♦ galvanized netting ♦ galvanized wire netting ♦ knotted netting ♦ knotted netting consisting of two systems of yarns ♦ knotted netting with single yarn ♦ mosquito netting ♦ netting needle ♦ netting twine ♦ plaited netting twine ♦ radar netting ♦ radar netting station ♦ wire netting. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "NETTING": drift-netting, long-netting, wire-netting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
mosquito netting | 435 | bulk mosquito netting | 16 |
netting | 379 | berry blue netting | 14 |
bird netting | 95 | canopy mosquito netting | 13 |
sports netting | 58 | netting fabric | 13 |
golf netting | 53 | insect netting | 13 |
safety netting | 47 | shade netting | 12 |
nylon netting | 41 | gill netting | 12 |
bed netting | 37 | soccer netting | 12 |
camouflage netting | 37 | agricultural netting | 12 |
netting fish | 37 | pond netting | 11 |
camo netting | 34 | deer netting | 11 |
cargo netting | 30 | fabric film netting | 11 |
paintball netting | 26 | mosquito netting for bed | 11 |
plastic netting | 25 | protective netting | 11 |
baseball netting | 24 | aviary netting | 10 |
poultry netting | 24 | netting material | 10 |
batting cage netting | 21 | canopy bed netting | 9 |
garden netting | 21 | jute netting | 9 |
mesh netting | 18 | netting trellis | 9 |
canopy netting | 16 | bug netting | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "NETTING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | tyl (crepe, net, tulle), thurje rrjetash, rrjetë (cabling, drag, mesh, net, reticle, screen, seine, sweep net, toils, trail-net), organizim rrjetës së komunikimit, kapje me rrjetë. (various references) | |
Arabic | صنع الشباك, التشبيك, الصيد بالشباك, شبكاك. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | тюл (net, tulle), ловене на риба с мрежа, парче мрежа, изработване на мрежи. (various references) | |
Chinese | 网 (web). (various references) | |
Czech | pletivo (mesh, tissue). (various references) | |
Danish | netmateriale (webbing), net (net, network). (various references) | |
Dutch | netwerk (net, network), want (as, because, for, since). (various references) | |
Finnish | liina (cloth, head scarf, linen), havas (webbing). (various references) | |
French | nappe de filet, prise au filet, pose de filets, filets, fabrication de filets, alèze, alèse. (various references) | |
German | Geflecht (basketwork, network, plait, plaiting, skein, weave, wickerwork). (various references) | |
Greek | δικτύωμα (network, reticulation, trelliswork). (various references) | |
Hebrew | עשית רשתות, רשת חוטים. (various references) | |
Hungarian | hálózat (circuit, criss-cross, grid, meshes, net, network, reticulation, squaring, system), hálókészítés, sodronyhálózat, sodronyfonat, orvhalászás, netz, hurkolás (kink, looping), vasháló, tüll (tulle), betonvasháló, háló kifeszítése, háló felállítása, háló (lattice, mesh, net, nett, reticule, snare, springe, tunnel, web), filézés, filé (filet, fillet), hálócsomózás. (various references) | |
Indonesian | jaringan (network, tissue, web). (various references) | |
Italian | reticolato (grid), rete (drag, goal, grid, net, network, ring, snare, system, trap), pezza di rete (webbing), intreccio (interlacement, intertwinement, mat, plot, weaving). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 金網 (wire mesh, wire netting, wire screen). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | かなあみ (wire mesh, wire netting, wire screen). (various references) | |
Manx | tayrn eeast ayns ingagh, snaie (line, thread, worm, yarn), mogglys, lieen (linen, lint, net), jannoo jeebin (net), cuirr ingagh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ettingnay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tule (tulle), rede (grid, lace, net, network, snood, television network, toil, toils, tv network), pesca à rede, peça de rede (webbing), filé (filet, fillet), fabrico de redes, envolvimento com rede, colocação de redes. (various references) | |
Romanian | urzealã (scheming, structure, texture, tissue, warp), reţea (chain, grid, hair net, lace, mesh, net, network, reticula, reticulum, system), plasã (dress-guard, fishing net, gauze, hair net, mesh, net, netful, network), fileu (Chine, fillet, snood), împletiturã (knit, knitting, twine), ţesãturã (contexture, darn, fabric, material, stuff, textile, texture, tissue, web, weft). (various references) | |
Russian | сетка (grid, lathing, lattice, mesh-work, net, network, reticle, reticule, rose, string bag). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | mreža (chain, mesh, meshes, net, network, reticle, reticulation, reticule, screen, seine, trammel, web). (various references) | |
Spanish | redes, red (grid, kiddle, net, network, sweep net, web), paño de red (webbing), mallas (tights), malla (bathing costume, bathing suit, body stocking, mail, mesh, net, network). (various references) | |
Swedish | nätbindning (braiding). (various references) | |
Thai | การจับปลาด้วยแห. (various references) | |
Turkish | file (filet, net, string bag), ağ yapma, ağ işi, ağ (cobweb, dragnet, filet, fishnet, gin, graticule, mesh, net, network, plexus, reticular, spider's web, spiderweb, system, tissue), örme (darning, knitting, plaiting, weave, weaving). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сіть (net, network), сітчастий матеріал (net), сітка (caul, lattice, net, network, rack, reticle, reticule, string bag, web), в'язання (knit, knitting, needlecraft, network), організація мережи зв'язку, арматурна дротяна сітка, ліжкова сітка, ловля сітками, ловля сільцем, ловля тенетами, бортова сітка, плетіння сіток, плетіння (needlecraft, network, plait, weaving, wickerwork). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vải màn (mosquito-netting), mạng lưới sự đánh lưới, lưới (lattice, net, network, ring-net). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "NETTING": nettings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "NETTING": bayonetting, dipnetting, gillnetting, sonnetting, telnetting, vignetting. (additional references) | |
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"NETTING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Etting, naethin, nating, natting, Nattinger, neating, Nechtan, neeting, Neltino, netin, neting, Netton, nichtig, nottidge. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "NETTING" (pronounced ne"ting) |
| 4 | -e" t i ng | abetting, begetting, besetting, betting, Fetting, forgetting, fretting, getting, jetting, letting, offsetting, petting, regretting, setting, sweating, upsetting, vetting, wetting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, aborting, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, formulating, fragmenting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: tenting. | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-i-n-n-t-t" | |
-1 letter: intent. | |
-2 letters: tinge. | |
-3 letters: gent, gien, nett, nine, nite, tent, tine, ting, tint. | |
-4 letters: eng, gen, get, gie, gin, git, inn, net, nit, teg, ten, tet, tie, tin. | |
-5 letters: en, et, in, it, ne, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-i-n-n-t-t" | |
+1 letter: nettings, nettling. | |
+2 letters: attending, battening, entitling, fattening, inletting, insetting, kittening, nattering, negotiant, patenting, rattening, retinting, stringent, tautening, telneting, tenanting, tentering, unsetting. | |
+3 letters: antedating, astringent, beknotting, catenating, contenting, contesting, contingent, detonating, dipnetting, englutting, entreating, entrusting, entwisting, extincting, flattening, gantleting, integument, intreating, mignonette, negotiants, nonbetting, patterning, reknitting, sonnetting, stoutening, tangential, telnetting, tetanising, tetanizing, tightening, tormenting, trinketing, unsettling, vignetting. | |
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