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meshwork

[ mesh-wurk ]

/ ˈmɛʃˌwɜrk /

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noun

meshed material or a structure of meshes; a network.

Origin of meshwork

First recorded in 1820–30; mesh + work

Words nearby meshwork

meshrebeeyeh, meshuga, meshugaas, meshugana, meshugas, meshwork, meshy, mesiad, mesial, mesial angle, mesial occlusion

Example sentences from the Web for meshwork

My first boma was a meshwork of thorns piled and interwoven together with the architectural simplicity of an Eskimo igloo.

In Africa |John T. McCutcheon
Again, there is between the cells a meshwork of yellow elastic fibers, and this is called yellow fibro-cartilage (Fig. 8).

A Practical Physiology |Albert F. Blaisdell
He climbed mechanically upwards, digging his toes into the meshwork of the sides, and sobbing from sheer weakness as he climbed.

"Wee Tim'rous Beasties" |Douglas English
Let us examine, on a misty morning, the meshwork that has been constructed during the night.

The Life of the Spider |J. Henri Fabre

The corallum, when examined with a glass, looks like meshwork.

The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide |Augusta Foote Arnold