spiderweb
/ˈspaɪdərˌwɛb/
noun
- A net of sticky threads made by a spider to catch insects.
- The old barn was full of dusty spiderwebs in the corners.
- A spiderweb glistened with dew in the morning sunlight.
- She walked into a spiderweb and quickly brushed it off her face.
- Something that resembles a spider's web, such as a complex network or a delicate pattern.
- The internet is a vast spiderweb of connected computers.
- The city's subway system is a spiderweb of tunnels and tracks.
- Cracks formed a spiderweb across the windshield after the accident.
verb
- To cover or spread with something resembling a spiderweb, or to form a web-like pattern.
- The frost spiderwebbed the windowpane with delicate patterns.
- Thin cracks spiderwebbed across the old ceramic vase.
- The vines spiderwebbed over the entire wall of the house.