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dropnet

dropnet noun: a fishing net suspended from a boom, to be suddenly dropped on a passing shoal of fish.

Noun

dropnet (plural dropnets)

  1. A fishing net suspended from a boom, to be suddenly dropped on a passing shoal of fish.

Forms of dropnet

pluraldropnets

Origin of dropnet

From drop + net.

Questions about dropnet

What does dropnet mean?
Dropnet means a fishing net suspended from a boom, to be suddenly dropped on a passing shoal of fish.
What part of speech is dropnet?
Dropnet is a noun.
What is the plural of dropnet?
The plural of dropnet is dropnets.

Words near dropnet in the dictionary

  1. droplocks
  2. dropmaster
  3. dropmasters
  4. dropmeal
  5. Dropmore
  6. dropnet
  7. dropnets
  8. dropoff
  9. dropoffs
  10. dropometry
  11. dropout

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