meshwork

noun

Definition of meshworknext
as in plexus

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Recent Examples of meshwork That feeling is suffused through every note of the film’s elaborate soundscape, which mesmerically combines a wealth of ambient noise with 20 original songs from DIY artists, all of them played diegetically across a meshwork of Bluetooth speakers and passing cars. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 8 June 2026 The items are a perfect sample of Cohen’s dense meshwork of celebrity interests. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 4 May 2026 How Tires Are Made Starting from the inside out, a tire’s strength is provided by its carcass, a meshwork steel or synthetic fibers. — Wes Siler, Outside, 16 Sep. 2025 Protect Your Eyes The eye's drainage system (the trabecular meshwork) can be damaged by blunt force injury, such as an object hitting the eye. — Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 10 Mar. 2025 Some of the telecommunication equipment was shielded by a Faraday cage, a metal meshwork designed to deflect a nuclear electromagnetic pulse that can fry electronics. — Jack Randall, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024 In a healthy eye, excess aqueous humor exits through the trabecular meshwork, which are canals located between your iris (the colored part of the eye) and cornea (the clear outer portion). — Mark Gurarie, Health, 3 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meshwork
  1. plexus
  2. mesh
  3. web
  4. conglomerate
Noun
  • The metamorphosis The internals of a foot tube attached to a sea cucumber include a mix of epidermal tissue, connective tissue, a neural plexus, muscle tissue, and an inner lumen.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
  • To make the system more lifelike, the team linked the organoid to an artificial cardiac plexus, a network of nerves located near the base of the heart that helps regulate heartbeat activity.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 23 May 2026
Definition of plexus
Noun
  • People arrived by car and motorcycle to peer through a mesh fence at the ship, which is as long as about three American football fields.
    — Jintamas Saksornchai, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Step 2 Transfer potato mixture to a large colander or fine-mesh sieve set over a large bowl.
    — Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of mesh
Noun
  • OpenAI's security and safety practices have been under intense scrutiny after the company disclosed that two of its models escaped their training environment, accessed the open web and breached Hugging Face's systems last month.
    — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The all-black look was completed with custom Miss Z pumps from Louboutin, carrying the arachnid theme down to her feet with a mesh spider-web design and 3D spider adornments.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of web
Noun
  • Each of Coyote’s dastardly plans rely on equipment from the powerful conglomerate Acme.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Across the narrow water, the surrounding region, which includes factories from chemical giant Dow and aerospace conglomerate Airbus, is one of the most industrialized regions of Europe.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of conglomerate

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“Meshwork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meshwork. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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