'COBWEB' definitions:

Definition of 'cobweb'

From: WordNet
noun
A fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider
noun
Filaments from a web that was spun by a spider [syn: cobweb, gossamer]
noun
A dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web

Definition of 'Cobweb'

From: GCIDE
  • Cobweb \Cob"web`\, n. [Cob a spider + web.]
  • 1. The network spread by a spider to catch its prey. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant and unwary. [1913 Webster]
  • I can not but lament thy splendid wit Entangled in the cobwebs of the schools. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. That which is thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; rubbish. [1913 Webster]
  • The dust and cobwebs of that uncivil age. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Zool.) The European spotted flycatcher. [1913 Webster]
  • Cobweb lawn, a fine linen, mentioned in 1640 as being in pieces of fifteen yards. --Beck. Draper's Dict. [1913 Webster]
  • Such a proud piece of cobweb lawn. --Beau. & Fl.
  • Cobweb micrometer, a micrometer in which threads of cobweb are substituted for wires. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'cobweb'

From: GCIDE
  • Spider web \Spi"der web"\, or Spider's web \Spi"der's web"\ . (Zool.) The silken web which is formed by most kinds of spiders, particularly the web spun to entrap their prey; -- also called cobweb. See Geometric spider, Triangle spider, under Geometric, and Triangle. [1913 Webster]

Acronyms for 'COBWEB'

From: V.E.R.A.
  • COntent-Based image retrieval on the WEB (WWW, ESPRIT)

Words containing 'COBWEB'