mosquito net

noun

: a net or screen for keeping out mosquitoes

Examples of mosquito net in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Sea to Summit’s wearable mosquito net is a surprisingly handy piece that can fit over your head as well as most hats. Sara Coughlin, SELF, 7 Aug. 2024 Personal protection measures: Encourage the use of protective clothing, insect repellent and mosquito nets, especially for children. Dan Sweeney, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2024 Efforts to control malaria in both urban and rural settings are stymied by the quickening pace and severity of extreme weather events, which scramble vaccination and mosquito net distribution campaigns, shutter health clinics, and interrupt medical supply chains. Zoya Teirstein, Vox, 30 May 2024 The MDGs have mobilized government and business leaders to donate tens of billions of dollars to life-saving tools, such as antiretroviral drugs and modern mosquito nets. John W. McArthur, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2013 See all Example Sentences for mosquito net 

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Word History

First Known Use

1745, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mosquito net was in 1745

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“Mosquito net.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mosquito%20net. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.

Kids Definition

mosquito net

noun
: a net for keeping out mosquitoes
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