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cobweb
[ kob-web ]
noun
- a web spun by a spider to entrap its prey.
- a single thread spun by a spider.
- something resembling a cobweb; anything finespun, flimsy, or insubstantial.
- a network of plot or intrigue; an insidious snare.
- cobwebs, confusion, indistinctness, or lack of order:
I'm so tired my head is full of cobwebs.
verb (used with object)
- to cover with or as with cobwebs:
Spiders cobwebbed the cellar.
- to confuse or muddle:
Drunkenness cobwebbed his mind.
cobweb
/ ˈkɒbˌwɛb /
noun
- a web spun by certain spiders, esp those of the family Theridiidae, often found in the corners of disused rooms
- a single thread of such a web
- something like a cobweb, as in its flimsiness or ability to trap
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Derived Forms
- ˈcobˌwebbed, adjective
- ˈcobˌwebby, adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cobweb1
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Example Sentences
The sun was setting, and he pointed to a cobweb glistening in a ray of light.
Above it was a canopy of a deep-red cobweb, dotted with the prettiest little green flies that sparkled like precious stones.
Man's passions at first are like a cobweb's thread, at last become like the thickest cable.
The cobbler of Cobweb Corner was becoming dazed with happiness.
He would brush her machinery aside like a cobweb, but that did not affect the chance of his recognition by Sonia.
But—not 'in this connection,' in no connection—the utilitarian also thoroughly despises cobweb theories, as he terms them.
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