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spiderweb

[ spahy-der-web ]

verb (used with object)

, spi·der·webbed, spi·der·web·bing.
  1. to cover with a spider web or fine lines resembling a spider web.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of spiderweb1

First recorded in 1890–95; v. use of spider web

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Example Sentences

The results are presented as a series of spiderweb-like visuals, making information accessible to non-technical users.

From Fortune

Solution also collects in cuticles and creases, creating a spiderweb effect if not barrier-creamed and/or daubed off.

A fall like that would have been certain to break the old-style spiderweb hairs.

Then the Rainbow Fairies slipped down from the butterflies and threw the silken strands of the spiderweb net over the bubble.

These pictures are shown on so large a scale that the spiderweb fills the end of the theatre.

It was like looking at a spiderweb through a sheet of frosted glass.

Most of the clothes had rotted away; and when you took hold of a rag, it tore with a touch, like spiderweb.

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