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Definition of mesh noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

mesh

noun
 
/meʃ/
 
/meʃ/
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  1. [uncountable, countable] material made of a network of wire or plastic threads
    • wire mesh over the door of the cage
    • Nets should have fine meshes to trap small particles.
    • The windows are covered with a fine wire mesh.
  2. [countable, usually singular] the spaces between the individual wires or threads that form a mesh
    • If the mesh is too big, small rabbits can squeeze through.
  3. [countable, usually singular] a complicated situation or system that it is difficult to escape from synonym web
    • She felt trapped in a mesh of loyalty and guilt.
    • trapped in a mesh of political intrigue
    4. Word Originlate Middle English: probably from an unrecorded Old English word related to (and perhaps reinforced in Middle English by) Middle Dutch maesche, of Germanic origin.
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