cobweb

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

Noun

1. a web spun by certain spiders

2. a single thread of such a web [Old English (ātor)coppe spider]

cobwebbed adj
cobwebby adj

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 [ˈkɔbwɛb] n → telaraña

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cobweb [ˈkɔbwɛb] n → toile f d'araignée

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cobweb [ˈkɔbwɛb] n → Spinnennetz nt

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cobweb [ˈkɔbwɛb] n → ragnatela