The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.
(broadly) 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.
A latticed or woven structure.
(usually) A tall tale with more complexity than a myth or legend.
A plot or scheme.
The interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the load capacity of the member.
The thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top (head) and bottom (foot) of the rail.
A fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds, or of other animals.
The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers.
A continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing.
A long sheet of paper which is fed from a roll into a printing press, as opposed to individual sheets of paper.
(obsolete) A seventeenth-century unit of Rhenish glass containing 60 bunches.
(dated) A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood of a carriage.
A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
(US, dated) A major broadcasting network.
A section of a groin vault, separated by ribs.
(archaic) A cataract of the eye.

Alternative letter-case form of Web: the World Wide Web.

(intransitive) To construct or form a web.
(transitive) To cover with a web or network.
(transitive) To ensnare or entangle.
(transitive) To provide with a web.
(obsolete, transitive) To weave.

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