cobweb
NounUS[kob-web]/ˈkɑbˌwɛb/2 syllables
Synonyms:
gossamer
Open English WordNet
Noun (3)cobwebs
- a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spiderType of fabric, cloth
- filaments from a web that was spun by a spiderSynonyms: gossamerType of fibril, filament
- a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb webType of spider web, spider's web
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Cob′web′ noun
Origin: Cob a spider + web.
1. The network spread by a spider to catch its prey.
2. A snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant and unwary.
I can not but lament thy splendid wit Entangled in the cobwebs of the schools.— William Cowper
3. That which is thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; rubbish.
The dust and cobwebs of that uncivil age.— Sir Philip Sidney
4. Zoology The European spotted flycatcher.
Cobweb lawn, a fine linen, mentioned in 1640 as being in pieces of fifteen yards. Beck. Draper's Dict.
Such a proud piece of cobweb lawn.— Francis, & Fletcher, John. Beaumont
— Cobweb micrometer, a micrometer in which threads of cobweb are substituted for wires.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54