hairnet

Everyday

A thin net worn over the hair to keep it in place or to stop hairs falling into food. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life you see hairnets on dinner ladies, cooks and factory workers for hygiene; also in old-fashioned stories about grannies with curlers. Phrases: wear a hairnet.

Examples

• The dinner lady wears a hairnet in the kitchen. tree →
• Workers in the cake factory must wear hairnets. tree →
• Gran put on her hairnet before bed. tree →
• A hairnet stops hairs getting in the food. tree →
• We had to wear hairnets on the school trip to the bakery. tree →
• The ballet dancer's bun was held by a hairnet. tree →

Note

One word. Plural hairnets. Hygiene rule: in kitchens, long hair must be tied back or covered.