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hairnet

US/ˈhɛɹˌnɛt/

hairnet noun: a net designed to keep hair up and out of the way, e.g. while cooking.

Noun

hairnet (plural hairnets)

  1. A net designed to keep hair up and out of the way, e.g. while cooking.

hairnet meaning in Sanskrit

hairnet in Sanskrit

a hairnet
जाल jā́la

Forms of hairnet

pluralhairnets
alternative formhair net
alternative formhair-net

Origin of hairnet

From hair + net. Compare Dutch haarnetje, German Haarnetz, Danish hårnet, Swedish hårnät.

Words formed from hairnet

Questions about hairnet

What does hairnet mean?
Hairnet means a net designed to keep hair up and out of the way, e.g. while cooking.
What is hairnet in Sanskrit?
Hairnet in Sanskrit is जाल (jā́la). See Hairnet meaning in Sanskrit.
What part of speech is hairnet?
Hairnet is a noun.
How do you pronounce hairnet?
Hairnet is pronounced /ˈhɛɹˌnɛt/ (US).
What is the plural of hairnet?
The plural of hairnet is hairnets.

Words near hairnet in the dictionary

  1. hairmageddon
  2. hairmageddons
  3. hairmonger
  4. hairmongers
  5. Hairmyres
  6. hairnet
  7. hairnets
  8. hairnetted
  9. hairpiece
  10. hairpieces
  11. hairpin

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hairnet (page history and authors); जाल (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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