Meanings
nounmosquito net (plural mosquito nets)
plural mosquito nets
- 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.
In the room the mosquito net was down, ghost-grey in the falling light.
1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 5051 more example
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.
1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 127Synonyms: wire blinds
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
Similar
wire blinds
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Translations
Arabic نَامُوسِيَّة
- نَامُوسِيَّة (nāmūsiyya)fine net used to protect against mosquitos
Bengali মশারি
- মশারি (mośari)fine net used to protect against mosquitos
Catalan mosquitera
- mosquiterafine net used to protect against mosquitos
Chinese Cantonese 蚊帳 /蚊帐
- 蚊帳 /蚊帐fine net used to protect against mosquitos
Chinese Mandarin 蚊帳 /蚊帐
- 蚊帳 /蚊帐 (wénzhàng)fine net used to protect against mosquitos
Czech moskytiéra
- moskytiérafine net used to protect against mosquitos
Danish myggenet
- myggenetfine net used to protect against mosquitos
Dutch klamboe, muskietennet
- klamboefine net used to protect against mosquitos
- muskietennetfine net used to protect against mosquitos
- muskietengaasfine net used to protect against mosquitos
Esperanto kulvualo
- kulvualofine net used to protect against mosquitos
Finnish hyttysverkko
- hyttysverkkofine net used to protect against mosquitos
French moustiquaire
- moustiquairefine net used to protect against mosquitos
German Moskitonetz
- Moskitonetzfine net used to protect against mosquitos
Greek κουνουπιέρα
- κουνουπιέρα (kounoupiéra)fine net used to protect against mosquitos
Hindi मच्छरदानी, मसहरी
- मच्छरदानी (macchardānī)fine net used to protect against mosquitos
- मसहरी (masahrī)fine net used to protect against mosquitos
Hungarian szúnyogháló
- szúnyoghálófine net used to protect against mosquitos
Indonesian kelambu
- kelambufine net used to protect against mosquitos
Italian zanzariera
- zanzarierafine net used to protect against mosquitos
Japanese 蚊帳, 蚊屋
- 蚊帳 (kaya)fine net used to protect against mosquitos
- 蚊屋 (kaya)fine net used to protect against mosquitos
Korean 모기장
- 모기장 (mogijang)fine net used to protect against mosquitos
Latin cōnōpēum
- cōnōpēumfine net used to protect against mosquitos
Malay kelambu
- kelambufine net used to protect against mosquitos
Polish moskitiera, komarnik
- moskitierafine net used to protect against mosquitos
- komarnikfine net used to protect against mosquitos
Portuguese mosquiteiro
- mosquiteirofine net used to protect against mosquitos
Punjabi ਮੱਛਰਦਾਨੀ
- ਮੱਛਰਦਾਨੀ (macchardānī)fine net used to protect against mosquitos
Russian накома́рник, моски́тная се́тка
- накома́рник (nakomárnik)fine net used to protect against mosquitos
- моски́тная се́тка (moskítnaja sétka)fine net used to protect against mosquitos
Spanish mosquitero, toldillo
- mosquiterofine net used to protect against mosquitos
- toldillofine net used to protect against mosquitos
Swahili chandarua, kiandarua cha mbu
- chandaruafine net used to protect against mosquitos
- kiandarua cha mbufine net used to protect against mosquitos
Swedish myggnät
- myggnätfine net used to protect against mosquitos
Tagalog kulambo
- kulambofine net used to protect against mosquitos
Tamil கொசுவலை
- கொசுவலை (kocuvalai)fine net used to protect against mosquitos
Thai มุ้ง
- มุ้ง (múng)fine net used to protect against mosquitos
Turkish cibinlik
- cibinlikfine net used to protect against mosquitos
Ukrainian москітна сітка, москітова сітка
- москітна сітка (moskitna sitka)fine net used to protect against mosquitos
- москітова сітка (moskitova sitka)fine net used to protect against mosquitos
Vietnamese màn, mùng
- mànfine net used to protect against mosquitos
- mùngfine net used to protect against mosquitos
Welsh rhwyd fosgitos
- rhwyd fosgitosfine net used to protect against mosquitos
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APA
mosquito net. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mosquito%20net
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“mosquito net.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mosquito%20net. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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