web
The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.
Example
“The sunlight glistened in the dew on the web.”
Other meanings
Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which, when diagrammed, resembles a spider's web.
The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing.
“He caught the ball in the web.”
Synonyms
- network
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "webb".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “web” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.