cobweb
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- noun
- /ˈkɑːbˌwɛb/
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- Cobwebs covered his hair like the remains of a tattered lace cap, and there was a streak of soot across the bridge of his nose.
- cobweb lace
- fine, transparent cobweb
Examples
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Long hair as pale and fine as cobwebs, hide sagged and puckered and folded about her eyes and jowls, brindled across her brow, bristles growing from her ears.
Fiction book (1997) -
As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.
Blog text (1) -
"What are you talking about?" His voice, cobweb thin, took on slightly more substance.
Fiction book (1993) -
It was like a magnificent cobweb.
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A dainty thread of cobweb gleams.
Blog text (19) -
The sun is as round as if drawn with a compass, wrapped in fine, transparent cobwebs, trembling slightly in the absent wind.
Fiction book (1998) -
She pinned a clump of russet cobweb to a dusty pink felt toque.
Fiction book (2002) -
Lips pursed, Jack climbs out of bed to pull a string of lights out from behind an obscuring cobweb, then isn't satisfied just to see them but traces the intricate pattern of the cobweb with them.
Fiction book (1993) -
The old house was filled with cobwebs hanging from the corners of the ceiling.
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She carefully removed the cobweb that had formed in the corner of the window.
Synonyms
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A thin, flat part joining other parts, for example a spider's net or skin between toes
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A net of thin sticky threads made by a spider to catch insects
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Etymology
A helpful way to remember the fabric meaning of cobweb is to picture a very thin cloth, like a bride's veil, that looks like a web. Because cobweb began as a 'spider web', people use it for any very delicate, see-through fabric.