Noun

• S: (n) net, network, mesh, meshing, meshwork (an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• part meronym
• S: (n) backbone (the part of a network that connects other networks together) "the backbone is the part of a communication network that carries the heaviest traffic"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• W: (v) net [Related to: net] (construct or form a web, as if by weaving)
• W: (v) mesh [Related to: mesh] (entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh)