flywire

/ˈflʌɪwʌɪə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English

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Meaning

noun

Australian usage; Uncountable

"He noticed for the first time that the fellow was naked. He had taken little notice of him in the darkened room, and afterwards had seen him only through the fly-wire door."
"For a moment, she feared he would, like a new puppy, burst through the flywire."
"He stood in the deep shadow of the open doorway, holding the flywire back with one hand and watching them get out and stretch their limbs in the sun."

From fly + wire.

flywires (plural) fly-wire (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce flywire?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈflʌɪwʌɪə/.

What does flywire mean?

A type of screening used to exclude flies and other insects.

Where does flywire come from?

From fly + wire.

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