meshwork

[ mesh-wurk ]

noun

1. meshed material or a structure of meshes; a network.

Word History and Origins

Origin of meshwork¹

First recorded in 1820–30; mesh + work

Example Sentences

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.

From Singularity Hub 

The dense meshwork of mycelium can even be used to filter polluted water.

From Nautilus

The resulting coagulum is made up of a meshwork of fibrin fibrils with entangled corpuscles and plaques.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Let us examine, on a misty morning, the meshwork that has been constructed during the night.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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