cobweb

cob·web

 (kŏb′wĕb′)

n.

1.

a. A spiderweb, especially an old one that is covered in dust.

b. A single thread spun by a spider.

2. Something resembling a spiderweb in gauziness or flimsiness: "An extraordinary number of elegant ladies ... flowed in, heels clicking, diamonds flashing, adjusting tiny cobwebs of priceless lace on immaculate coiffures" (Jane Stevenson).

3. An intricate plot; a snare: caught in a cobweb of espionage and intrigue.

4. cobwebs Confusion; disorder: cobwebs on the brain.

tr.v. cob·webbed, cob·web·bing, cob·webs

To cover with or as if with cobwebs.

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[Middle English coppeweb : coppe, spider (short for attercoppe, from Old English āttercoppe : ātor, poison + copp, head) + web, web; see web.]

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cob′web′by adj.

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cobweb

(ˈkɒbˌwɛb)

n

1. (Zoology) a web spun by certain spiders, esp those of the family Theridiidae, often found in the corners of disused rooms

2. (Zoology) a single thread of such a web

3. something like a cobweb, as in its flimsiness or ability to trap

[C14 cob, from coppe, from Old English (ātor)coppe spider; related to Middle Dutch koppe spider, Swedish (dialect) etterkoppa]

ˈcobˌwebbed adj

ˈcobˌwebby adj

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cob•web

(ˈkɒbˌwɛb)

n., v. -webbed, -web•bing. n.

1. a spiderweb, esp. when irregular.

2. anything finespun, flimsy, or insubstantial.

3. a network of plot or intrigue.

4. cobwebs, confusion or indistinctness: a head full of cobwebs.

v.t.

5. to cover with or as if with cobwebs.

[1275–1325; Middle English coppeweb, derivative of Old English -coppe spider (in ātorcoppe poison spider); c. Middle Dutch koppe; see web]

cob′web`by, adj.

Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

cobweb

- A single thread spun by a spider.

See also related terms for spider.

Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cobweb - a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
	2.	cobweb - filaments from a web that was spun by a spider gossamer fibril, filament, strand - a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
	3.	cobweb - a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web spider web, spider's web - a web spun by spiders to trap insect prey

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Translations

بَيْتُ العَنْكَبُوتنَسيجُ بَيْتِ العَنْكَبوت

pavučina

spindelvæv

SpinnennetzSpinngewebeSpinnwebe

ιστός αράχνης

telaraña

hämähäkinverkko

toile d’araignéetoile d'araignée

paučina

pókháló

kóngulóarvefur

ragnatela

くもの巣

거미집

voratinklis

zirnekļtīkls

spinnenweb

spindelvev

pajęczyna

teia de aranha

паутина

pajčevina

spindelnät

ใยแมงมุม

örümcek ağı

mạng nhện

蜘蛛网

cobweb

[ˈkɒbweb] N → telaraña f
to blow away the cobwebs (fig) → despejar la mente

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cobweb

[ˈkɒbwɛb] n [spider] → toile f d'araignée
to blow away the cobwebs → faire peau neuve

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cobweb

n (= single thread, threads) → Spinn(en)webe f; (= full cobweb) → Spinnennetz nt; a brisk walk will blow away the cobwebs (fig) → ein ordentlicher Spaziergang und man hat wieder einen klaren Kopf

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cobweb

[ˈkɒbˌwɛb] n → ragnatela

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

cobweb

(ˈkobweb) noun

a spider's web. You can't have cleaned this room – there are cobwebs in the corner. spinnerak نَسيجُ بَيْتِ العَنْكَبوت паяжина teia de aranha pavučina das Spinngewebe spindelvæv ιστός αράχνηςtelaraña ämblikuvõrk تار عنکبوت hämähäkinseitti toile d'araignée קוּרֵי עַכָּבִיש मकड़ी का जाल paučina pókháló sarang labah-labah kóngulóarvefur ragnatela くもの巣 거미줄 voratinklis zirnekļtīkls sarang labah-labah spinnenwebspindelvevpajęczyna دغڼى ځاله teia de aranha pânză de păianjen паутина pavučina pajčevina paučina spindelväv ใยแมงมุม örümcek ağı 蜘蛛網 павутиння مکڑی کے جالے mạng nhện 蜘蛛网

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

cobweb

→ بَيْتُ العَنْكَبُوت pavučina spindelvæv Spinnennetz ιστός αράχνης telaraña hämähäkinverkko toile d’araignée paučina ragnatela くもの巣 거미집 spinnenweb spindelvev pajęczyna teia de aranha паутина spindelnät ใยแมงมุม örümcek ağı mạng nhện 蜘蛛网

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