meshnoun [ C or U ]
uk/meʃ/us/meʃ/(a piece of) material like a net with spaces in it, made from wire, plastic, or thread:
a sieve with a fine/large mesh
a wire mesh fence
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Nets, grids and grilles
- chicken wire
- cobweb
- dragnet
- drift net
- gauze
- grating
- grid
- grille
- lattice
- mosquito net
- net
- netting
- reticulation
- trellis
- web
- wire netting
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meshverb [ I ]
uk/meʃ/us/meʃ/mesh verb [ I ] (SUIT)
When different things or people mesh, they suit each other or work well together:
The members of the team just didn't mesh.
I need a job that meshes with my family life, as I have two little kids.
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Balance and imbalance
- accord
- accord with sth
- align
- alignment
- balance (sth) out/up
- balance of power
- balanced
- equilibrium
- harmonize
- harmony
- imbalance
- jar
- offset
- on an even keel idiom
- one man's loss is another man's gain idiom
- realign
- square (sth) with sth
- strike a balance idiom
- symmetry
- wash
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mesh verb [ I ] (JOIN)
specialized engineering to join together in the correct position:
The car's gears aren't meshing correctly.
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Connecting and combining
- abut
- adjoin
- aggregate
- allied
- amalgamate
- assemblage
- bind
- conjunction
- desegregate
- dovetail
- eclectic
- entwine
- fuse
- fusion
- linkage
- lump sb/sth together
- marriage
- marry
- meld
- merge
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