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Image:Spinnennetz im Gegenlicht.jpg|thumb|A spider's web

Etymology
OE. webb

Pronunciation
IPA|/w�b/
audio|en-us-web.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|�b

Noun
en-noun

1. The silken structure a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.

#: The sunlight glistened in the dew on the web.

1. Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which when diagrammed resembles a spider's web.
2. Specifically, the w:World Wide Web|World Wide Web (also spelled Web).

#: Let me search the web for that.

1. baseball The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing.

#: He caught the ball in the web.

1. A latticed or woven structure.

#: The gazebo's roof was a web made of thin strips of wood.

1. The interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the load capacity of the member.
2. A fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds.

#: A duck paddles with its webbed feet.

1. context|manufacturing A continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing.
2. context|lithography A long sheet of paper which is fed from a roll into a printing press, as opposed to individual sheets of paper.

Derived terms
cobweb
spiderweb
webbed
webbing

Translations

Azeri: tor
Cebuano: lawâ
Chinese: � (w�ng)
Estonian: võrk
Finnish: seitti
French: toile f
German: Netz n
mid
Japanese: ���巣 (kumo no su)
Norwegian: t-|no|nett|n, t-|no|vev|n
Persian: تار ع�کب�ت
Russian: [��] (set')
Turkish: a�
Ukrainian: ме�ежа (merezha)
Welsh: gwe

Verb
en-verb|web|b|ed

1. intransitive to construct or form a web
2. transitive to cover with a web or network
3. transitive to ensnare or entangle
4. transitive to provide with a web

Translations

Norwegian: t-|no|nettverke
mid

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• 2007-12-28 17:29 - VolkovBot - robot Adding: [[ca:web]]

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