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1. (n.) cobweb
a spiderweb, esp. when irregular.
2. cobweb
anything finespun, flimsy, or insubstantial.
3. cobweb
a network of plot or intrigue.
4. cobweb
cobwebs, confusion or indistinctness:
a head full of cobwebs.
5. (v.t.) cobweb
to cover with or as if with cobwebs.
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME coppeweb, der. of OE -coppe spider (in ātorcoppe poison spider); c. MD koppe; see web)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) cobweb
a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider
2. (noun) cobweb, gossamer
filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
3. (noun) cobweb
a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) cobweb
the network spread by a spider to catch its prey
2. (noun) cobweb
a snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant and unwary
3. (noun) cobweb
that which is thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; rubbish
4. (noun) cobweb
the European spotted flycatcher
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Sense: a spider's web
You can't have cleaned this room; – there are cobwebs in the corner.
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 Afrikaans: spinnerak |
 Arabic: نَسيجُ بَيْتِ العَنْكَبوت |
 Bulgarian: паяжина |
 Brazilian: teia de aranha |
 Czech: pavučina |
 German: das Spinngewebe |
 Danish: spindelvæv |
 Greek: ιστός αράχνης |
 Spanish: telaraña |
 Estonian: ämblikuvõrk |
 Farsi: تار عنکبوت |
 Finnish: hämähäkinseitti |
 French: toile d'araignée |
 Hebrew: קוּרֵי עַכָּבִיש |
 Hindi: मकड़ी का जाल |
 Croatian: paučina |
 Hungarian: pókháló |
 Indonesian: sarang labah-labah |
 Icelandic: kóngulóarvefur |
 Italian: ragnatela |
 Japanese: くもの巣 |
 Korean: 거미줄 |
 Lithuanian: voratinklis |
 Latvian: zirnekļtīkls |
 Malay: sarang labah-labah |
 Dutch: spinneweb |
 Norwegian: spindelvev |
 Polish: pajęczyna |
 Persian: تار عنکبوت |
 Pashto: دغڼى ځاله |
 Portuguese: teia de aranha |
 Romanian: pânză de păianjen |
 Russian: паутина |
 Slovak: pavučina |
 Slovenian: pajčevina |
 Serbian: paučina |
 Swedish: spindelväv |
 Thai: ใยแมงมุม |
 Turkish: örümcek ağı |
 Taiwanese: 蜘蛛網 |
 Ukrainian: павутиння |
 Urdu: مکڑی کے جالے |
 Vietnamese: mạng nhện |
 Chinese: 蜘蛛网 |
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