volleyball net
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- noun
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- Most of the girls stood around arguing about who would bring the volleyball net and who would supply the radios and cassette players.
Examples
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He slipped beneath the volleyball net strung from one of the trees to a wooden post and moved along the dining wing, picking up fallen branches, feeling their roughness against his arms as the pile took on volume and weight.
Fiction book (2001) -
Gathered in the yard, the women sit on picnic tables next to a clothesline and a volleyball net.
Academic text (1997) -
First, a large swing set and slide; then a volleyball net and all sorts of brightly colored plastic yard toys; then finally an enormous above-ground pool, complete with a deck.
Fiction book (1998) -
I got a temp job typing for this Iraqi biophysicist. Here—see that short guy over by the volleyball net?
Fiction book (1996) -
On October 20, 1988, Renee Kimps, a student at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point, was injured when a pole supporting a volleyball net fell on her.
Academic text (2015) -
At this time, school faculty received AHS materials, which included the AHS manual, activity cards, pedometers, signs, newsletters, balls, cones, volleyball nets, bean bags, among other items.
Academic text (2015) -
During the beach party, the teams gathered around the volleyball net to start the game.
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The children excitedly set up a volleyball net in the park for their afternoon match.
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At the tournament, each team took their positions on either side of the volleyball net.
Synonyms
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A mesh fabric used to catch things, for example fish, or as a barrier in sports
How High
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'volleyball' (the sport) with 'net' (a mesh or barrier); a volleyball net is literally the net used in that sport. This noun–noun compound is a straightforward, compositional construction common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Volleyball net comes from the simple idea of a net put across the court for the game of volleyball, so players must hit the ball over it to reach the other side. That's why it means the high net that divides the two teams during play.