FISHING NET

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in

Synonyms:

fishing net; fishnet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("fishing net" is a kind of...):

net (a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fishing net"):

drift net (a large fishnet supported by floats; it drifts with the current)

gill net (a flat fishnet suspended vertically in the water to entangle fish by their gills)

landing net (a bag-shaped fishnet on a long handle to take a captured fish from the water)

seine (a large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom)

trammel; trammel net (a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh)

dragnet; trawl; trawl net (a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths)