What does Cobweb mean?

Definitions for Cobweb
ˈkɒbˌwɛbcob·web

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. cobwebnoun

    a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider

  2. cobweb, gossamernoun

    filaments from a web that was spun by a spider

  3. cobwebnoun

    a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web

Wiktionary

  1. cobwebnoun

    A spiderweb, or the remains of one, especially an asymmetrical one that is woven with an irregular pattern of threads.

  2. cobwebnoun

    One of its filaments; gossamer

  3. cobwebnoun

    An intricate plot

  4. cobwebnoun

    a web page that either has not been updated for a long time, or that is rarely visited

  5. Etymology: From the coppeweb, from coppe, from attercoppe, from āttercoppe, from ātor + copp + web

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Cobwebnoun

    Etymology: kopweb, Dutch.

    The luckless Clarion,
    With violent swift flight, forth carried
    Into the cursed cobweb, which his foe
    Had framed for his final overthrow. Edmund Spenser.

    Is supper ready, the house trimmed, rushes strewed, and cobwebs swept. William Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew.

    The spider went into the house of a burgher, and fell presently to her net-work of drawing cobwebs up and down. Roger L'Estrange, Fables.

    For he a rope of sand could twist,
    As tough as learned Sorbonist;
    And weave fine cobwebs fit for scull
    That’s empty, when the moon is full. Hudibras, p. ii.

    Chronology at best is but a cobweb law, and he broke through it with his weight. John Dryden, Æn. Dedicat.

    Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies; but let wasps and hornets break through. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPT

  1. cobweb

    A cobweb is a type of delicate, typically irregular web made by spiders, usually abandoned, showing dust and age. It can also be used metaphorically to describe something intricately or overly complicated or neglected.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Cobwebnoun

    the network spread by a spider to catch its prey

  2. Cobwebnoun

    a snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant and unwary

  3. Cobwebnoun

    that which is thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; rubbish

  4. Cobwebnoun

    the European spotted flycatcher

  5. Etymology: [Cob a spider + web.]

Wikidata

  1. Cobweb

    The Cobweb is a comic book heroine co-created by famed writer Alan Moore and veteran underground artist Melinda Gebbie. Cobweb's only apparent powers were allure and the ability to make an entrance. The Cobweb first appeared in the premier issue of Tomorrow Stories, an anthology title in the America's Best Comics line.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Cobweb

    kob′web, n. the spider's web or net: any snare or device intended to entrap: anything flimsy or easily broken: anything that obscures.—n. Cobweb′bery.—adj. Cob′webby. [Prob. shortened from M. E. atter-cop-web—A.S. átor, poison, and coppa—W. cop, a head, tuft. See also Web.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Cobweb in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Cobweb in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Cobweb in a Sentence

  1. Ross Perot:

    Business is not just doing deals; business is having great products, doing great engineering, and providing tremendous service to customers. Finally, business is a cobweb of human relationships.

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