netting

Other forms of netting

plural

nettings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about netting

What does netting mean?

netting means "a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in netting?

netting has 2 syllables: net-ting. The stress falls on "net". In IPA it is /ˈnɛtɪŋ/.

What is another word for netting?

Close synonyms include gauze, veiling. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is netting a common word?

netting is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.