cobweb

cob·web

C0440100 (kŏb′wĕb′)n.1. a. A spiderweb, especially an old one that is covered in dust.b. A single thread spun by a spider.2. Something resembling a spiderweb in gauziness or flimsiness: "An extraordinary number of elegant ladies ... flowed in, heels clicking, diamonds flashing, adjusting tiny cobwebs of priceless lace on immaculate coiffures" (Jane Stevenson).3. An intricate plot; a snare: caught in a cobweb of espionage and intrigue.4. cobwebs Confusion; disorder: cobwebs on the brain.tr.v. cob·webbed, cob·web·bing, cob·webs To cover with or as if with cobwebs.

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[Middle English coppeweb : coppe, spider (short for attercoppe, from Old English āttercoppe : ātor, poison + copp, head) + web, web; see web.]

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cob′web′by adj.

cobweb

(ˈkɒbˌwɛb) n1. (Zoology) a web spun by certain spiders, esp those of the family Theridiidae, often found in the corners of disused rooms2. (Zoology) a single thread of such a web3. something like a cobweb, as in its flimsiness or ability to trap[C14 cob, from coppe, from Old English (ātor)coppe spider; related to Middle Dutch koppe spider, Swedish (dialect) etterkoppa] ˈcobˌwebbed adj ˈcobˌwebby adj

cob•web

(ˈkɒbˌwɛb)

n., v. -webbed, -web•bing. n. 1. a spiderweb, esp. when irregular. 2. anything finespun, flimsy, or insubstantial. 3. a network of plot or intrigue. 4. cobwebs, confusion or indistinctness: a head full of cobwebs. v.t. 5. to cover with or as if with cobwebs. [1275–1325; Middle English coppeweb, derivative of Old English -coppe spider (in ātorcoppe poison spider); c. Middle Dutch koppe; see web] cob′web`by, adj.

cobweb

- A single thread spun by a spider.See also related terms for spider.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cobweb - a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spidercloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
	2.	cobweb - filaments from a web that was spun by a spidergossamerfibril, filament, strand - a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
	3.	cobweb - a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb webspider web, spider's web - a web spun by spiders to trap insect prey

Translations

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(ˈkobweb) noun a spider's web. You can't have cleaned this room – there are cobwebs in the corner. 蜘蛛網 蜘蛛网

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