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The definition of web
18 Definitions of: web
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- noun, any structure, construction, fabric, etc, formed by or as if by weaving or interweaving. Related adj retiary
- noun, a mesh of fine tough scleroprotein threads built by a spider from a liquid secreted from its spinnerets and used to trap insects. See also cobweb
- noun, a similar network of threads spun by certain insect larvae, such as the silkworm
- noun, a fabric, esp one in the process of being woven
- noun, a membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds or the digits of such aquatic mammals as the otter
- noun, the vane of a bird's feather
- noun, architect the surface of a ribbed vault that lies between the ribs
- noun, the central section of an I-beam or H-beam that joins the two flanges of the beam
- noun, any web-shaped part of a casting used for reinforcement
- noun, the radial portion of a crank that connects the crankpin to the crankshaft
- noun, a thin piece of superfluous material left attached to a forging; fin
- noun, a) a continuous strip of paper as formed on a paper machine or fed from a reel into some printing presses b) (as modifier)
- noun, the woven edge, without pile, of some carpets
- noun, a). short for World Wide Web b) (as modifier)
- noun, any structure, construction, etc, that is intricately formed or complex
- verb, to cover with or as if with a web
- verb, to entangle or ensnare
- verb, to construct a web
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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of web