Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: cobweb
IPA transcription: [k'ɑbw,ɛb]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: cobweb
    Meaning: a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web
  • Synonyms: cobweb, gossamer
    Meaning: filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
  • Synonyms: cobweb
    Meaning: a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider
Usage examples
  • Though in the grove a great deal, I never ran into but one cobweb, and was conscious of the pleasant freedom from falling caterpillars.
  • Above all, the coveted window corner, that was to be a dainty, cheerful oasis in the gaunt old kitchen, stood now choked and lumbered with a litter of odds and ends that Emma, for all her nominal authority, would not have dared or cared to displace; over them seemed to be spun the protection of something that was like a human cobweb. Decidedly Martha was in the way.