cobweb

[ kob-web ]
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noun
  1. a web spun by a spider to entrap its prey.

  2. a single thread spun by a spider.

  1. something resembling a cobweb; anything finespun, flimsy, or insubstantial.

  2. a network of plot or intrigue; an insidious snare.

  3. cobwebs, confusion, indistinctness, or lack of order: I'm so tired my head is full of cobwebs.

verb (used with object),cob·webbed, cob·web·bing.
  1. to cover with or as with cobwebs: Spiders cobwebbed the cellar.

  2. to confuse or muddle: Drunkenness cobwebbed his mind.

Origin of cobweb

1
1275–1325; Middle English coppeweb, derivative of Old English -coppe spider (in ātorcoppe poison spider); cognate with Middle Dutch koppe;see web

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British Dictionary definitions for cobweb

cobweb

/ (ˈkɒbˌwɛb) /


noun
  1. a web spun by certain spiders, esp those of the family Theridiidae, often found in the corners of disused rooms

  2. a single thread of such a web

  1. something like a cobweb, as in its flimsiness or ability to trap

Origin of cobweb

1
C14 cob, from coppe, from Old English (ātor) coppe spider; related to Middle Dutch koppe spider, Swedish (dialect) etterkoppa

Derived forms of cobweb

  • cobwebbed, adjective
  • cobwebby, adjective

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