Definition of nets

"nets" in the noun sense

1. internet, net, cyberspace

a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange

2. net

a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects

3. net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings

the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

4. net

a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey)

5. net

game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton

6. net, network, mesh, meshing, meshwork

an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals

"nets" in the verb sense

1. net, sack, sack up, clear

make as a net profit

"The company cleared $1 million"

2. net, clear

yield as a net profit

"This sale netted me $1 million"

3. web, net

construct or form a web, as if by weaving

4. net, nett

catch with a net

"net a fish"

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Quotations for nets

Though it is pleasant weaving nets, it is wiser to make cages. [ Moore ]

So the false spider, when her nets are spread, deep ambushed in her silent den does lie. [ Dryden ]

Faith is letting down our nets into the untransparent deeps at the Divine command, not knowing what we shall take. [ Faber ]

The reason why so few marriages are happy is because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cages. [ Swift ]

nets in Scrabble®

The word nets is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 4

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters nets:

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The 157 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In nets

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nets in Words With Friends™

The word nets is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 5

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters nets:

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Word Growth involving nets

Shorter words in nets

net

Longer words containing nets

baronets

bassinets

bayonets

beignets

bonnets bluebonnets

bonnets dubonnets

bonnets sunbonnets

bonnets warbonnets

boomnets

botnets

cabinets

canzonets

carcanets

clarinets

clavinets

cornets

coronets

cygnets

dragnets

driftnets

ethernets

fishnets

garnets

genets

hairnets

hornets

jaconets

linnets

lionets

magnets electromagnets

magnets ferrimagnets

magnets ferromagnets

netserver netservers

neuralnets

planets exoplanets

planets protoplanets

renets

rennets

signets

sonnets

spinets

spinnets

stereonets

stockinets

subnets

tabinets

telnets

tenets

toucanets

wordnets