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meshwork

[ mesh-wurk ]

/ ˈmɛʃˌwɜrk /

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noun

meshed material or a structure of meshes; a network.

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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

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How to use meshwork in a sentence

If the calcified mass hardens around spongin fibers before they too decay, a distinctive microscopic meshwork of complexly branching tubes results appears in the rock.
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The dense meshwork of mycelium can even be used to filter polluted water.
The Fungal Evangelist Who Would Save the Bees - Issue 90: Something Green|Merlin Sheldrake|September 23, 2020|Nautilus
The resulting coagulum is made up of a meshwork of fibrin fibrils with entangled corpuscles and plaques.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The corallum, when examined with a glass, looks like meshwork.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide|Augusta Foote Arnold

Let us examine, on a misty morning, the meshwork that has been constructed during the night.
The Life of the Spider|J. Henri Fabre
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