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meshwork

[mesh-wurk]

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noun

meshed material or a structure of meshes; a network.

RELATED WORDS

screen, net, network, filigree, cobweb, tangle, fabric, lattice, gossamer, texture, snarl, plait, interconnection, maze, morass, fiber, labyrinth, warp, toil, mesh

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Origin of meshwork

First recorded in 1820–30; mesh + work

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples 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