web
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- pronunciation:
- web
- features:
- Word History, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
A web is something that spiders make with a sticky thread that comes from their bodies. Spiders usually make webs to catch other insects, but there are some spiders that do not make webs at all.
My dad and I saw a beautiful spider's web in the woods. It was big and there were drops of rain caught in it.
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| definition 2: |
A web is something that is made up of things like wires or strings that go over and under each other or are connected to each other in a complicated way.
There is a web of wires behind the desk.- synonyms:
- network
- similar words:
- fabric, maze, tangle
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| related words: |
mesh |
| derivations: |
webless (adj.), weblike (adj.) |
The word
web comes from an Old English word that means "woven fabric."