spider's web

Definitions of spider's web
  1. noun
    a web spun by spiders to trap insect prey
    synonyms: spider web
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    cobweb
    a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web
    funnel web
    a funnel-shaped spider web; the funnel-web spider perches in the center of the web
    orb web
    a circular spider web
    sheet web
    an irregular spider web woven in a single plane and looking like flattened hammocks
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    web
    an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
  2. noun
    a web resembling the webs spun by spiders
    synonyms: spider web
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    entanglement, web
    an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim
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