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spi·der·web

or spider web (spī′dər-wĕb′)
n.
The silky web that a spider spins in order to catch its prey.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
toile d’araignée
pajkova mreža
References in classic literature ?
I'll break through the spiderweb of lies in which he wants to catch me, come what may.
And it has the 'gagamba' (spiderweb) pattern on its metal stand.
Meanwhile, judge Amanda Holden, 48, promised to flash more flesh after shocking viewers all week with her revealing outfits and triggering an Ofcom probe over a plunging spiderweb dress.
She has shocked viewers throughout the week of live shows with her revealing outfits and trigged an Ofcom probe over her plunging spiderweb dress.
And while there in the basement there was a broken window and a footprint underneath, there were no footprints in the fresh snow outside the house, and a spiderweb across the window that was undisturbed.
Bucket list patterns like the Pineapple and Spiderweb blocks are now in the amazing lineup at Accuquilt.
"Walking through a spiderweb is one of the scariest things in the world."--Corey Glick
- Don't, when you see other people from your school walking in the opposite direction, say: "Hi Javaine, hi Noah." This will alert them to the fact that they are recognisable underneath their spiderweb mask.
SPIDERweb, the only spinning mill monitoring system available on the market, collects data on processes, quality and production efficiency and detects deviations at an early stage.
Second annual family-friendly event with community yarn-bomb spiderweb, paint your own pumpkin, inside-out haunted house, arts and craft project, and the art hunt.
The stock is brown in color with black spiderweb epoxy, accents, and it features a straight comb and a relatively thin but comfortable pistol grip.
Echoes of the natural world reverberated through Ranjani Shettar's solo show "Bubble trap and a double bow." Some of the works were reminiscent of the gossamer skeins of a spiderweb; others, of lichen covering the forest floor.