web
The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.
Noun 4 meanings
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.”
Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which, when diagrammed, resembles a spider's web.
A latticed or woven structure.
“The gazebo’s roof was a web made of thin strips of wood.”
Senses related to an invented narrative
“Careful—she knows how to spin a good web, but don't lean too hard on what she says.”
Verb 4 meanings
To construct or form a web.
To cover with a web or network.
To ensnare or entangle.
To provide with a web.
Etymology
From Middle English web, webbe, from Old English webb, from Proto-West Germanic *wabi, from Proto-Germanic *wabją (“web”), from Proto-Germanic *webaną (“to weave”), from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”).
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WEB at a glance
WEB has 3 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (W 4 + E 1 + B 3) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,835 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with web
All rhymes- COBWEB15
- SPIDERWEB17
One letter away
- WET6
- WEE6
- WED7
- WEN6
- DEB6
- REB5
- NEB5
- WEY9
- WAB8
- WEM8
- WEX13
- KEB9
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