cobweb
/ˈkɑbˌwɛb/
noun
- A network of thin, sticky threads made by a spider to catch insects.
- She carefully swept away the cobweb from the window frame.
- The morning dew made the cobweb in the garden sparkle.
- A large cobweb hung in the corner of the old attic.
- Something that is tangled, delicate, or easily broken, like a spider's web.
- Her memories of that summer were a cobweb of vague images.
- The legal system can sometimes feel like a cobweb of confusing rules.
- The old treaty was just a cobweb of broken promises.
verb
- To cover or fill with cobwebs.
- The unused machinery was cobwebbed and dusty.
- Spiders had cobwebbed the entire basement ceiling.
- Time had cobwebbed the corners of the abandoned house.