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CHICKEN WIRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chicken wire mean? 

CHICKEN WIRE (noun)
  The noun CHICKEN WIRE has 1 sense:

1. a galvanized wire network with a hexagonal mesh; used to build fencesplay

  Familiarity information: CHICKEN WIRE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHICKEN WIRE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A galvanized wire network with a hexagonal mesh; used to build fences

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("chicken wire" is a kind of...):

mesh; meshing; meshwork; net; network (an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals)


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