spider web

Noun

Meaning

Alt. of Spider's web

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

spider-web

Synonyms

spider's web fibre gossamer net web filament cobweb spiderweb Web crawler Spider silk orb web insect-built earth mound spider web cave spider webs beetle burrow
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Hypernyms

web entanglement

Hyponyms

cobweb funnel web sheet web orb web

Examples

The difference between utility and utility plus beauty is the difference between telephone wires and the spider web. Edwin Way Teale

I liked teaching Henry James. When you look down at a Henry James novel from a helicopter height, you find an intricate spider web that all clings together. Helen Vendler

Aside from the colourway, there are licensing nods with a spider web at the heel and a PlayStation-branded deubré at the bottom of the laces. Source: Internet

Dew drops adhering to a spider web Capillary action of water compared to mercury Water is the chemical substance with chemical formula H2O : one molecule of water has two hydrogen atoms covalently bonded to a single oxygen atom. Source: Internet

Maxwell's dramatic arrest on sex-trafficking charges has raised hopes among Epstein victims that prosecutors will untangle a 'spider web' of rich and powerful associates of the pair. Source: Internet

Like many a good docu-series, it embraces the story’s complexity, following the many strands, fake-outs and dead ends of this spider web of a crime, in which the actions and motivations of everyone (including the victim) are up for debate. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

spider vein spider veins spider wasp spider web cave spider webs spider wheel