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thinnets

thinnets is the plural of thinnet.

Meaning of thinnet

Noun (1)

thinnet (countable and uncountable, plural thinnets)

  1. 10BASE2, a form of Ethernet using a thin coaxial cable
    • The most common type of cable used for small networks is thin coaxial cable, usually called thinnet.1996, Doug Lowe, Networking for Dummies, page 115

Noun (2)

thinnet (plural thinnets)

  1. (rare) A sparse thicket.
    • Most of my bounds are stone walls, lichen gray or mossy green, they lie not by open fields but in spruce thickets, in maple thinnets and pine groves, across brooks and steep hillsides.1994, Ronald Jager, Last House on the Road: Excursions Into a Rural Past, page 164

Questions about thinnets

What is thinnets the plural of?
Thinnets is the plural of thinnet.

Words near thinnets in the dictionary

  1. thinners
  2. thinness
  3. thinnesses
  4. thinnest
  5. thinnet
  6. thinnets
  7. thinnies
  8. thinning
  9. thinning down
  10. thinning out
  11. thinning scissors

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