About The Word Cobweb

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Cobweb

Cobweb Meaning & Definition
Cobweb Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cobweb?

[n] a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web
[n] filaments from a cobweb

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cobweb: gossamer

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cobweb: 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

See Also | fibril | filament | spider web | spider's web | strand

Cobweb In Webster's Dictionary

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

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