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# hairnet

noun (a hairnet, hairnets)

«hairnet» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A thin net worn over the hair to keep it in place or to stop hairs falling into food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairnet/#m1)

### In the lessons

In everyday life you see hairnets on dinner ladies, cooks and factory workers for hygiene; also in old-fashioned stories about grannies with curlers. Phrases: wear a hairnet.

### Examples

- The dinner lady wears a hairnet in the kitchen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairnet/#x1)
- Workers in the cake factory must wear hairnets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairnet/#x2)
- Gran put on her hairnet before bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairnet/#x3)
- A hairnet stops hairs getting in the food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairnet/#x4)
- We had to wear hairnets on the school trip to the bakery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairnet/#x5)
- The ballet dancer's bun was held by a hairnet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairnet/#x6)

### Note

One word. Plural hairnets. Hygiene rule: in kitchens, long hair must be tied back or covered.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hairnet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hairnet/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hairnet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hairnet.html) on Mova free.