spiderweb
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- noun
- /ˈspaɪdərˌwɛb/
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telaraña
- Anything could get in under the house; it must be filled with spiderwebs and beetles and who knows what other disgusting creatures, right there where all the water pipes and wiring and heating ducts were.
- flies in the spiderweb
- delicate spiderwebs
- caught in a spiderweb
Examples
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The chopper's left windscreen is covered in spiderwebs.
Fiction book (1997) -
There were spiderwebs in the ceiling corners, pieces of unfinished lumber lying about.
Fiction book (1993) -
There was nothing above his head but rock, moss, and a spiderweb.
Fiction book (1995) -
They'd just seen the spiderweb in a tree outside the house.
Fiction book (1990) -
The weeds were high, and there were spiderwebs all over my roadside stand.
Fiction book (1995) -
Oudeis waved a hand, as if brushing spiderwebs from his face.
Fiction book (1995) -
In the dark, among the spiderwebs and the abandoned, moldy boxes of things nobody wanted, Val inched her way to the furnace.
Fiction book (1990) -
Long spiderwebs like delicate rigging had grown in the dark space, stretching from the rims of barrels to the undersides of the steps.
Fiction book (1997) -
The old tree was adorned with a delicate spiderweb that shimmered in the morning sunlight.
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Carefully, she removed the spiderweb from the corner of the window to let in more light.
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 dusty net spiders make that hangs in old unused places
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A fine silk net that a spider makes to catch insects
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A fine net of silk that a spider makes to catch insects
A round spider net with straight lines from the center and rings of sticky thread
A flat net of spider silk that hangs like a small hammock
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Etymology
Spiderweb is simply made from the words spider and web, where a web is a thin, sticky 'net' a spider makes to 'catch' insects. So the word means the delicate net spiders build to trap their food.