SAFETY NET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does safety net mean? 

• SAFETY NET (noun)
  The noun SAFETY NET has 2 senses:

1. a guarantee of professional or financial security

2. a large strong net to catch circus acrobats who fall or jump from a trapeze

  Familiarity information: SAFETY NET used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAFETY NET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A guarantee of professional or financial security

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("safety net" is a kind of...):

guarantee (an unconditional commitment that something will happen or that something is true)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A large strong net to catch circus acrobats who fall or jump from a trapeze

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("safety net" is a kind of...):

mesh; meshing; meshwork; net; network (an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals)