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web

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English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA /wɛb/

Noun

web noun

  1. The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.“The sunlight glistened in the dew on the web.”
  2. (by extension) Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which when diagrammed resembles a spider's web.
  3. (sometimes capitalized) Specifically, the World Wide Web.“Let me search the web for that.”
  4. The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing.“He caught the ball in the web.”

Verb

web verb

  1. To construct or form a web.
  2. To cover with a web or network.
  3. To ensnare or entangle.
  4. To provide with a web.

Proper noun

web proper noun

  1. The World Wide Web.“Some of that content is now only available on the Web.”

Word map

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Related terms

Synonyms

yarnnetworknetvaneentanglementworld wide webwwwspidertrophicretinathicketredtissuewebbtoileclothweft

Associated

browserbrowsingjavascriptfirefoxhtmlserverurlcssorghttppagesapps

Rhymes

ebbdebcobwebcelebphlebphleb-dinosebmanwebnorwebbebb

Usage & collocations

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