mosquito net

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A fine net, placed around a bed, in a window opening, etc., to provide protection against mosquitoes and other insects, and the diseases carried by them.

Equivalents

Españolmosquitero toldillo

Françaismoustiquaire

DeutschMoskitonetz

35 more languages

العربيةناموسية

Bosanskitor

Catalàmosquitera

Češtinamoskytiéra

Ελληνικάκουνουπιέρα

Esperantokulvualo

Suomihyttysverkko moskiittoverkko sääskiverkko

ગુજરાતીમચ્છરદાની

हिन्दीमच्छरदानी

Hrvatskitor

Magyarszúnyogháló

Bahasa Indonesiakelambu

Italianozanzariera

日本語蚊屋蚊帳

ភាសាខ្មែរមុង

한국어모기장

Kurdîman tor

ລາວມຸ້ງ ມຸສະ ສຸດ

Македонскикомарник

Bahasa Melayukelambu

မြန်မာခြင်ထောင်

Nederlandsklamboe muskietengaas muskietennet

ਪੰਜਾਬੀਮੱਛਰਦਾਨੀ

Polskikomarnik moskitiera

Portuguêsmosquiteiro

Русскиймоски́тная се́тка накомарник

Српскиtor

Svenskamyggnät

Kiswahilichandarua kiandarua cha mbu

தமிழ்கொசுவலை

ไทยมุ้ง

Tagalogkulambo

Türkçecibinlik tor

Tiếng Việtman mùng

Examples

“Child-trouble widened her brown eyes as she turned them on the shrouded figure ⟳ stiffly outlined by the sheet, now partly screened by the mosquito-net.”

“In the room the mosquito net was down, ghost-grey in the falling light ⟳.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

mosquito netting mosquito party mosquito plant mosquito press mosquito wire mosquito-eater

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