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(spiderweb) The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.

(by extension) Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which, when diagrammed, resembles a spider's web.

(baseball) (baseball) The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing.

A latticed or woven structure.

(usually with "spin", "weave", or similar verbs) A tall tale with more complexity than a myth or legend. +

A plot or scheme.

The interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the load capacity of the member.

(rail section) (rail transport) The thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top (head) and bottom (foot) of the rail.

A fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds, or of other animals.

The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers.

(manufacturing) A continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing.

(lithography) A long sheet of paper which is fed from a roll into a printing press, as opposed to individual sheets of paper.

(glass) (obsolete) A seventeenth-century unit of Rhenish glass containing 60 bunches. +

(dated) A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood of a carriage.

A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.

The blade of a sword.

The blade of a saw.

The thin, sharp part of a colter.

The bit of a key.

(television) A major broadcasting network.

(architecture) A section of a groin vault, separated by ribs. {{rfc-sense|en}}

(archaic) A cataract of the eye. +

(the Web) (nodot=1): the World Wide Web.

To construct or form a web.

To cover with a web or network.

To ensnare or entangle.

To provide with a web.

(obsolete) To weave.