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chickenwire

chickenwire is the alternative form of chicken wire.

Meaning of chicken wire

Noun

chicken wire (countable and uncountable, plural chicken wires)

  1. (uncountable) 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
  2. (countable) A type of such material, differentiated by material, coating, wire thickness, width, and mesh size.

Questions about chickenwire

What is chickenwire the alternative form of?
Chickenwire is the alternative form of chicken wire.

Words near chickenwire in the dictionary

  1. chickenshits
  2. chickensona
  3. chickensonas
  4. chickenspike
  5. chickenweed
  6. chickenwire
  7. chickenwort
  8. chickeny
  9. chickenyard
  10. chickenyards
  11. Chickerell

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