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Definition of Spider web
1. Noun. A web resembling the webs spun by spiders.
2. Noun. A web spun by spiders to trap insect prey.
Specialized synonyms: Cobweb, Funnel Web, Orb Web, Sheet Web
Generic synonyms: Web
Definition of Spider web
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of spiderweb) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spider Web
Literary usage of Spider web
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Commentary on the Psalms: From Primitive and Mediaeval Writers and from by John Mason Neale, Richard Frederick Littledale (1871)
"Eusebius, reminding us of that Eusebius. sense that the years of man shall be
reputed or esteemed as cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web .... their ..."
2. Cap and Gown: Some College Verse by Joseph Le Roy Harrison (1893)
"... TO A SPIDER-WEB, T WOULD I were a spider; My web I 'd then make wider Than
the limits of the ever-restless sea. Each strand should then be longer, ..."
3. Natural History of Man: Being an Account of the Manners and Customs of the by John George Wood (1874)
"... notes and the gourds have each a hole in them covered with a piece of spider's
web. as has already been narrated of the Central African drums. ..."
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