spiderwebbed
- adjective
- /ˈspaɪdərˌwɛbd/
- After years of neglect, the bicycle in the shed became completely spiderwebbed and dusty.
Examples
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The abandoned house had spiderwebbed corners that suggested it hadn't been touched in years.
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The old barn looked spiderwebbed and forgotten.
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The old attic window was spiderwebbed with delicate threads glistening in the morning light.
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She brushed aside the spiderwebbed branches as she walked through the abandoned garden.
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I found a spiderwebbed corner in the attic.
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The old attic window was spiderwebbed with delicate threads glistening in the morning light.
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After years of neglect, the bicycle in the shed became completely spiderwebbed and dusty.
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Morphology
Etymology
Spiderwebbed comes from spider and web, meaning 'a spider's net'. It paints a simple picture of something left alone so long that spiders have covered it with their webs, so it now often means 'covered with spider webs' and unused or neglected.