cobweb (noun)

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• cobweb — ► NOUN ▪ a spider s web, especially an old or dusty one. DERIVATIVES cobwebbed adjective cobwebby adjective. ORIGIN originally coppeweb: from obsolete coppe «spider», from Old English …   English terms dictionary

• cobweb — noun Etymology: Middle English coppeweb, from coppe spider (from Old English ātorcoppe) + web; akin to Middle Dutch coppe spider Date: 14th century 1. a. the network spread by a spider ; spiderweb b. tangles of the silk …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• cobweb bird — noun also cobweb Etymology: so called from its use of cobwebs in its nest dialect England : spotted flycatcher …   Useful english dictionary

• cobweb spider — noun Any spider of the world spanning family Theridiidae, that build tangle space webs and have a comb of serrated bristles (setae) on the tarsus of the forth leg. Syn: tangle web spider, tangle web spider, comb footed spider …   Wiktionary

• cobweb site — noun a website that has not been updated for a very long time (and has thus figuratively grown cobwebs) …   Wiktionary

• cobweb — noun a) A spiderweb, or the remains of one, especially an asymmetrical one that is woven with an irregular pattern of threads. b) One of its filaments; gossamer …   Wiktionary

• cobweb — noun a spider s web, especially an old or dusty one. Derivatives cobwebbed adjective cobwebby adjective Origin ME coppeweb, from obs. coppe spider + web …   English new terms dictionary

• cobweb — noun (C) 1 a net of sticky threads made by a spider to catch insects; spiderweb AmE 2 blow/brush/clear the cobwebs away to do something, especially go outside, in order to help yourself to think more clearly and have more energy cobwebbed… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• cobweb disease — noun : a disease of cultivated mushrooms caused by a fungus (Dactylium dendroides) that produces a white or pink tinted coating of mycelium over the fruiting bodies …   Useful english dictionary

• cobweb houseleek — noun : a low European herb (Sempervivum arachnoideum) having bright red flowers and a basal rosette of small succulent leaves connected by cobwebby strands * * * a small southern European plant, Sempervivum arachoideum, of the stonecrop family,… …   Useful english dictionary

• cobweb theorem — noun : a theorem in economics: in some cases successive adjustments of supply and demand amplify rather than diminish price fluctuations …   Useful english dictionary