spider's web

Noun

Meaning

The silken web which is formed by most kinds of spiders, particularly the web spun to entrap their prey. See Geometric spider, Triangle spider, under Geometric, and Triangle.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cobweb spider web

Hypernyms

web entanglement

Hyponyms

cobweb funnel web sheet web orb web

Examples

The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web. Pablo Picasso

Life was more difficult in Inkheart, yet it seemed to Meggie that with every new day Fenoglio's story was spinning a magic spell around her heart, sticky as a spider's web and enchantingly beautiful.. Cornelia Funke

Because the line between, Wrong and right, Is the width of a thread, From a spider's web. The piano keys are black and white, But they sound like a million colours in your mind. Katie Melua

Big flies break the spider's web. Italian Proverb

Friends tie their purses with a spider's web. Italian Proverb

The spider's web lets the rat escape and catches the fly. Spanish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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