noun
1. an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
• Hyponyms:
↑chicken wire, ↑gauze, ↑netting, ↑veiling, ↑hairnet, ↑reseau, ↑safety net, ↑save-all, ↑snood, ↑spark arrester, ↑sparker, ↑tulle, ↑wirework, ↑grillwork
• Part Meronyms: ↑backbone
2. the act of interlocking or meshing
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an interlocking of arms by the police held the crowd in check
• Syn: ↑mesh, ↑interlock, ↑interlocking
• Derivationally related forms: ↑interlock (for: ↑interlocking), ↑interlock (for: ↑interlock), ↑mesh (for: ↑mesh)
3. contact by fitting together
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the engagement of the clutch
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the meshing of gears
• Syn: ↑engagement, ↑mesh, ↑interlocking
Useful english dictionary. 2012.