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   Cob·web

   /ˈkäbˌweb/

   

   noun

   • 1. a spider's web, especially when old and covered with dust: "the wooden carvings were almost obliterated by cobwebs"
   • ▪ a tangled three-dimensional spider's web.
   • ▪ something resembling a cobweb in delicacy or intricacy: "white cobwebs of frost"

   Word Origin Middle Englishcoppeweb, copweb, from obsolete coppe ‘spider’ + web.

   Derivatives

   • 1. cobwebbed adjective
   • 2. cobwebby adjective

   Scrabble Points: 15

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