Meaning of COBWEB
| Pronunciation: | | 'kâb`web
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- [n] a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web
- [n] filaments from a cobweb
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| | Synonyms: | | gossamer |
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| | See Also: | | fibril, filament, spider web, spider's web, strand | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cob"web`\, n. [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. --Cowper.
3. That which is thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and
worthless; rubbish.
The dust and cobwebs of that uncivil age. --Sir P.
Sidney.
4. (Zo["o]l.) 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. --Beau. & Fl.
{Cobweb micrometer}, a micrometer in which threads of cobweb
are substituted for wires.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Seeing cobwebs in your dream, suggests that you have not reached your full potential. You are not utilizing your talents. |
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| | Related Terms: | | air, animal fiber, artificial fiber, bait, birdlime, bola, bubble, cambric tea, capillament, chaff, chip, cilium, cirrus, cork, denier, dishwater, down, dragnet, dust, entanglement, ether, fairy, feather, fiber, fibrilla, filament, filamentule, fishhook, flagellum, flue, fluff, fly, foam, froth, fuzz, gill net, gossamer, ground bait, gruel, hair, hank, hook, house of cards, jig, lariat, lasso, lime, lure, matchwood, meshes, milk and water, mote, net, noose, plug, pound net, purse seine, reed, rope of sand, sand castle, seine, skein, snare, sniggle, spinner, sponge, springe, spume, squid, strand, straw, suture, tendril, thistledown, thread, threadlet, toils, trawl, water, web, wobbler |
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