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cob·web  (kbwb)

n.

1.

a. The web spun by a spider to catch its prey.

b. A single thread spun by a spider.

2. Something resembling the web of a spider in gauziness or flimsiness.

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 ttercoppe : tor, poison + copp, head) + web, web; see web.]

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cobwebby adj.

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cobweb [ˈkɒbˌwɛb]

n

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

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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]

cobwebbed  adj

cobwebby  adj

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cobweb - A single thread spun by a spider.

See also related terms for spider.

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

Translations

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

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

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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

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cobweb [ˈkɒbˌwɛb] n → ragnatela

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cobweb

n cobweb [ˈkobweb]

a spider's web You can't have cleaned this room – there are cobwebs in the corner. spinnerak نَسيجُ بَيْتِ العَنْكَبوت паяжина pavučina spindelvæv das Spinngewebe ιστός αράχνης telaraña ämblikuvõrk تار عنکبوت hämähäkinverkko 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 spinneweb spindelvev pajęczyna 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

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cobweb → بيت العنكبوت 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