cobweb.
A spiderweb, especially a large one, an old abandoned one covered with debris and dust or an asymmetrical one woven with an irregular pattern of threads.
Meaning & usage
A spiderweb, especially a large one, an old abandoned one covered with debris and dust or an asymmetrical one woven with an irregular pattern of threads.
A spiderweb, especially a large one, an old abandoned one covered with debris and dust or an asymmetrical one woven with an irregular pattern of threads. One of a spiderweb's filaments; gossamer; anything flimsy and gauzy, intricately interconnected or otherwise like a cobweb.
cobweb model, cobweb theory
A spiderweb, especially a large one, an old abandoned one covered with debris and dust or an asymmetrical one woven with an irregular pattern of threads. An intricate plot to catch the unwary; something entangling or confusing.
I was confused by the cobwebs of contract law.
A spiderweb, especially a large one, an old abandoned one covered with debris and dust or an asymmetrical one woven with an irregular pattern of threads. Something thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; valueless remainder.
blow the cobwebs away
Fuzzy inexact memories; confusion.
Fuzzy inexact memories; confusion. A web page that either has not been updated for a long time, or one that is rarely visited.
The European spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English copweb, coppeweb, coppewebbe, from Old English ātorcoppe (“spider”) + Old English webb. Compare Middle Dutch kopwebbe, German Low German Kobbenwebbe (Westphalian). By surface analysis, cob (“spider”, obsolete) + web.
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