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Synonyms for cobweb

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kob-web
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒbˌwɛb

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Définition of cobweb

Origin :
  • early 14c., coppewebbe; the first element is Old English -coppe, in atorcoppe "spider," literally "poison-head" (see attercop). Spelling with -b- is from 16c., perhaps from cob. Cob as a stand-alone for "a spider" was an old word nearly dead even in dialects when J.R.R. Tolkien used it in "The Hobbit" (1937).
  • noun entanglement; filament
Example sentences :
  • He passed one hand in front of his face as if brushing a cobweb or—a hair.
  • Extract from : « If You Touch Them They Vanish » by Gouverneur Morris
  • And he went away, brushing the sleeve of his coat which had caught a cobweb.
  • Extract from : « The Arena » by Various
  • And when I asked her if the cobweb were bothering her, she said both it and the bubble had vanished.
  • Extract from : « Antony Gray,--Gardener » by Leslie Moore
  • He affixed a reel, threaded a cobweb line, and selected a fly.
  • Extract from : « The Gold Girl » by James B. Hendryx
  • What is the use of a shield on a wall, or a lance that has a cobweb for a pennon?
  • Extract from : « Burlesques » by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • And, kneeling down, she began to disentangle a fly, imprisoned in a cobweb.
  • Extract from : « Villa Rubein and Other Stories » by John Galsworthy
  • What a strange use of the cobweb is that of the little flying spiders!
  • Extract from : « The Log of the Sun » by William Beebe
  • The handkerchief was worked at some convent in Italy and was fine as a cobweb.
  • Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old New York » by Amanda Millie Douglas
  • The transparent bombyx is as delicate as a cobweb, and if you tear it No, you must not refuse.
  • Extract from : « Cleopatra, Complete » by Georg Ebers
  • Man, you'd tie his Lordship wid a cobweb, he laughed so heartily.
  • Extract from : « The Poor Scholar » by William Carleton

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