[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

spider web \spi"der web"\, or spider's web \spi"der's web"\ .
   zool.
   the silken web which is formed by most kinds of spiders,
   particularly the web spun to entrap their prey; -- also
   called cobweb. see geometric spider, triangle spider,
   under geometric, and triangle.
   1913 webster
see also:
cobweb geometric spider triangle spider geometric triangle 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cobweb \cob"web`\, n. cob a spider + web.
   1. the network spread by a spider to catch its prey.
      1913 webster

   2. a snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant
      and unwary.
      1913 webster

            i can not but lament thy splendid wit
            entangled in the cobwebs of the schools. --cowper.
      1913 webster

   3. that which is thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and
      worthless; rubbish.
      1913 webster

            the dust and cobwebs of that uncivil age. --sir p.
                                                  sidney.
      1913 webster

   4. zool. the european spotted flycatcher.
      1913 webster

   cobweb lawn, a fine linen, mentioned in 1640 as being in
      pieces of fifteen yards. --beck. draper's dict.
      1913 webster

            such a proud piece of cobweb lawn.    --beau.  fl.

   cobweb micrometer, a micrometer in which threads of cobweb
      are substituted for wires.
      1913 webster
see also:
cobweb lawn cobweb micrometer 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cobweb
     n 1: filaments from a cobweb syn: gossamer
     2: a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the
        orb web
see also:
gossamer 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

81 moby thesaurus words for "cobweb":
   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

[5] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

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