N.B.A. team from N.J. (4 letters)

{ Answer }

NETS

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Catches
Clears
Is left with
Pulls in
Seines
Snags
Snares
Acquires in the end
Circus props
Court suspensions
Court team
Makes, as profit
Meadowlands team
New Jersey ___
N.J. five
N.J. hoopsters
N.Y. five
Safari equipment
Trawler gear
Trawler's equipment
Butterfly catchers' needs
Fox and others, informally
New Jersey five
New Jersey hoopsters
New York five
N.J. court team
The pucks stop here

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{ Notes }

The answer NETS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.

{ Definition }

NET as a noun:

1. (internet, net, cyberspace) = a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange

2. a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects

3. (net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings) = the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

4. a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey)

5. game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton

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

NET as a verb:

1. (net, sack, sack up, clear) = make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million"

2. (net, clear) = yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million"

3. (web, net) = construct or form a web, as if by weaving

4. (net, nett) = catch with a net; "net a fish"