English Explanatory Dictionary

dropnet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fishing net suspended from a boom, to be suddenly dropped on a passing shoal of fish.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-dropnet.wav

Word forms

dropnet dropnets

Etymology

From drop + net.

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