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keepnets

keepnets is the plural of keepnet.

Meaning of keepnet

Noun

keepnet (plural keepnets)

  1. A net strung on wire hoops and sealed at one end, suspended in water by anglers to keep alive the fish they have caught.
    • Once she'd hooked them, she'd free them and put them in a keep net.1973, Elizabeth Mavor, A Green Equinox, Virago, published 2023, page 116

Questions about keepnets

What is keepnets the plural of?
Keepnets is the plural of keepnet.

Words near keepnets in the dictionary

  1. Keepit
  2. keepless
  3. keeplike
  4. keeplock
  5. keepnet
  6. keepnets
  7. keeps
  8. keeps a civil tongue in one's head
  9. keeps a close watch
  10. keeps a cool head
  11. keeps a dog and barks oneself

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