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Spider web

noun

A web resembling the webs spun by spiders. Synonym: spider's web.

A web spun by spiders to trap insect prey. Synonym: spider's web.

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"Spider web" Quotes from Famous Books

... o'er yon sea which sunbeams cross And recross till they weave a spider web (Meshes of fire some great ...

— The Poetry Of Robert Browning • Stopford A. Brooke

... I found, was floating freely in the air. So perfectly was it balanced with ultron and inertron that it had about the weight of a spider web. Ultimately, I suppose, it would have settled to the floor. But I had no time for such an idle experiment. I quickly pushed it to my couch, where I threw a couple of pillows and some of the bed clothes over it. Then I threw ...

— The Airlords of Han • Philip Francis Nowlan

Words linked to "Spider web" : cobweb, entanglement, orb web, sheet web, funnel web, web, spider's web