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cobweb definition

cob·web (käb′web′)

noun

  1. a web spun by a spider, esp. one spun indoors that has gathered dust
  2. a single thread of such a web
  3. anything flimsy, gauzy, or ensnaring, like the web of a spider

Etymology: ME copweb < coppe, spider (< OE -coppe, in atorcoppe < ator, poison + -coppe, spider; prob. akin to cop, cop) + web

transitive verb cobwebbed -·webbed′, cobwebbing -·web′·bing

to cover with or as with cobwebs

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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