hairnet
(noun) a small net that some women wear over their hair to keep it in place
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hairnet (plural hairnets)
A net designed to keep hair up and out of the way, e.g. while cooking.
• shpitzel
• snood
• Athirne, Rhetian, Tehrani, inearth, inheart, raineth, therian
Source: Wiktionary
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
