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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cob•web /ˈkɑbˌwɛb/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Invertebratesa web of threads produced by a spider:brushing the cobwebs off his arm.
- cobwebs, [plural] confusion or indistinctness: clearing the cobwebs out of one's brain.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cob•web (kob′web′),USA pronunciation n., v., -webbed, -web•bing. n. - Invertebratesa web spun by a spider to entrap its prey.
- a single thread spun by a spider.
- something resembling a cobweb;
anything finespun, flimsy, or insubstantial. - a network of plot or intrigue;
an insidious snare. - cobwebs, confusion, indistinctness, or lack of order:I'm so tired my head is full of cobwebs.
v.t. - to cover with or as with cobwebs:Spiders cobwebbed the cellar.
- to confuse or muddle:Drunkenness cobwebbed his mind.
- 1275–1325; Middle English coppeweb, derivative of Old English -coppe spider (in ātorcoppe poison spider); cognate with Middle Dutch koppe; see web
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cobweb /ˈkɒbˌwɛb/ n - a web spun by certain spiders, esp those of the family Theridiidae, often found in the corners of disused rooms
- a single thread of such a web
- something like a cobweb, as in its flimsiness or ability to trap
Etymology: 14th Century cob, from coppe, from Old English (ātor)coppe spider; related to Middle Dutch koppe spider, Swedish (dialect) etterkoppaˈcobˌwebbed adj ˈcobˌwebby adj |