web
[noun]
Synonyms:
- spider's web, cobweb
- network, lattice, tangle

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Related Idioms: a tangled web
Related Words: complexity, complication, labyrinth, maze, morass, skein, snarl, tangle, embroilment, enmeshment, ensnarement, entrapment, involvement

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. spi‧der‧web /ˈspaɪdəweb $ -dər-/ (also web) noun [countable] American English
a very fine network of sticky threads made by a spider to catch insects ⇒ cobweb

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II. web S2 W2 /web/ noun
[Language: Old English]

1. [singular]the Web the system on the Internet that allows you to find and use information that is held on computers all over the world Synonym : the World Wide Web
on the web
a guide to the best education-related sites on the Web

2.
[countable] a net of thin threads made by a spider to catch insects:
He watched a spider spinning its web. ⇒ cobweb

3. [countable usually singular] a closely related set of things that can be very complicated
a web of intrigue/deceit/deception/lies etc
a tangled web of relationships

4. [countable] a piece of skin that connects the toes of ducks and some other birds, and helps them to swim well

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web
noun
I. that a spider makes
ADJ. spider/spider's
VERB + WEB build, make, spin, weave

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

web
II. complicated series/network of sth
ADJ. complex, complicated, intricate, tangled
VERB + WEB create, form, weave The mass media forms a web of communications.
be drawn into More and more people were drawn into his web of deceit.
PHRASES a web of deceit/deception, a web of intrigue, a web of relationships 3 the Web on the Internet
VERB + WEB access | browse, surf
WEB + NOUN page | browser, server | resource, service | network, ring | design, development | publishing | designer, developer, editor, host, master (also webmaster), user | directory, guide, index | access | tool
PREP. on the ~ I found this survey on the Web.
 ⇒ Special page at COMPUTER

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