Thesaurus: cobweb

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1. n. The network spread by a spider to catch its prey.
2. n. A snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant and unwary.
3. n. That which is thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; rubbish.
4. n. The European spotted flycatcher.
5. n. a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider
6. n. filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
7. n. a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web
8. 1. The network spread by a spider to catch its prey. 2. A snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant and unwary. I can not but lament thy splendid wit Entangled in the cobwebs of the schools. Cowper. 3. That which is thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; rubbish. The dust and cobwebs of that uncivil age. Sir P. Sidney. 4. (Zoöl.) The European spotted flycatcher. Cobweb lawn, a fine linen, mentioned in 1640 as being in pieces of fifteen yards. Beck. Draper's Dict. Such a proud piece of cobweb lawn. Beau. & Fl. Cobweb micrometer, a micrometer in which threads of cobwed are substituted for wires.
9. The European spotted flycatcher. Cobweb lawn, a fine linen,mentioned in 1640 as being in pieces of fifteen yards. Beck. Draper'sDict.Such a proud piece of cobweb lawn. Beau. & Fl.Cobweb micrometer, a micrometer in which threads of cobwed aresubstituted for wires.
10. n:100 n. a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider n. filaments from a web that was spun by a spider n. a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web