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单词 chicken wire
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chicken wirenoun [ U ]

uk/ˈtʃɪk.ɪn ˌwaɪər/us/ˈtʃɪk.ɪn ˌwaɪr/

netting (= material in the form of a net) made of metal wire, originally used to make closed areas for chickens

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Nets, grids and grilles

  • cobweb
  • dragnet
  • drift net
  • gauze
  • grating
  • grid
  • grille
  • lattice
  • mesh
  • mosquito net
  • net
  • netting
  • reticulation
  • trellis
  • web
  • wire netting

Examples from literature

  • Chicken wire on top, covered with grass and brushwood, completed the scenic protection. 
  • I've set out some young trees in the orchard, and unless I get chicken wire around them, my sheep will be barking them for me. 
  • Over the end of the last tile, which emptied into the brook, they wired a bit of rather fine-meshed chicken wire. 
  • Six-foot chicken wire will be high enough to enclose the run. 
  • Somebody found this out, and a net of chicken wire had been placed across the river in No Man's Land. 

chicken wirenoun [ U ]

us/ˈtʃɪk·ən ˌwɑɪər/

netting made of metal wire, often used as a simple fence to enclose small animals or to keep wild animals out

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