chicken wire
chicken wire noun: a mesh of wire, usually galvanized, with a hexagonal pattern, generally used for making fences, especially for enclosures for small farm animals and pets.
Noun
chicken wire (countable and uncountable, plural chicken wires)
- A mesh of wire, usually galvanized, with a hexagonal pattern, generally used for making fences, especially for enclosures for small farm animals and pets.
- "You'll recall that normally any old hen had sense enough not to run or fly into a chicken wire fence, but the same old hen at the sight of a hawk would lose all judgment about fences, and plunge headlong into it."1981, Kenneth Robeson, The Screaming Man
- A type of such material, differentiated by material, coating, wire thickness, width, and mesh size.
chicken wire meaning in Tagalog
chicken wire in Tagalog
- mesh of wire
- kawad pangmanukan
Forms of chicken wire
| plural | chicken wires |
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Questions about chicken wire
- What does chicken wire mean?
- Chicken wire means a mesh of wire, usually galvanized, with a hexagonal pattern, generally used for making fences, especially for enclosures for small farm animals and pets.
- What is chicken wire in Tagalog?
- Chicken wire in Tagalog is kawad pangmanukan. See Chicken wire meaning in Tagalog.
- What part of speech is chicken wire?
- Chicken wire is a noun.
- What is the plural of chicken wire?
- The plural of chicken wire is chicken wires.
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