'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]
Synonyms of 'cobweb'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air,
- animal fiber,
- artificial fiber,
- bait,
- birdlime,
- bola,
- bubble,
- cambric tea,
- capillament,
- chaff,
- chip,
- cilium,
- cirrus,
- cork,
- denier,
- dishwater,
- down,
- dragnet,
- dust,
- entanglement,
- ether,
- fairy,
- feather,
- fiber,
- fibrilla,
- filament,
- filamentule,
- fishhook,
- flagellum,
- flue,
- fluff,
- fly,
- foam,
- froth,
- fuzz,
- gill net,
- gossamer,
- ground bait,
- gruel,
- hair,
- hank,
- hook,
- house of cards,
- jig,
- lariat,
- lasso,
- lime,
- lure,
- matchwood,
- meshes,
- milk and water,
- mote,
- net,
- noose,
- plug,
- pound net,
- purse seine,
- reed,
- rope of sand,
- sand castle,
- seine,
- skein,
- snare,
- sniggle,
- spinner,
- sponge,
- springe,
- spume,
- squid,
- strand,
- straw,
- suture,
- tendril,
- thistledown,
- thread,
- threadlet,
- toils,
- trawl,
- water,
- web,
- wobbler
Acronyms for 'cobweb'
From: V.E.R.A.
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