spiderweb
noun
spi·der·web
ˈspī-dər-ˌweb 
1
: the network of silken thread spun by most spiders and used as a resting place and as a trap for small prey
2
: something that resembles or suggests a spiderweb
Examples of spiderweb in a Sentence
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The heart, the number 11, the spiderweb and other tats — all gone.
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Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2024
With Israel then isolated and exposed, Iran will be able to liberate al-Quds as the Jewish state collapses like a spiderweb, to use Hezbollah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah’s preferred analogy.
—Seth Cropsey, National Review, 10 Feb. 2024
Goldfuss said a building once stood where CNN accessed the tunnel through a huge crater and other shafts spread like a spiderweb through the neighborhood.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 7 Feb. 2024
The spiderweb of lanes demarcate grants by Lord Fairfax, whose family was given a vast tract of what is now Virginia by the British crown.
—Jayne Orenstein, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
Last year’s highlights included Jessica Chastain’s crystal spiderweb dress from Oscar de la Renta, Rihanna in a voluminous Schiaparelli, Hillary Swank’s Prada maternity look, and Emma D'Arcy’s suiting from Acne Studios.
—Vogue, 7 Jan. 2024
During a moment of optimism, the city invited the famous Swiss architect Le Corbusier to design a master plan that envisioned a sprawling spiderweb of modern highways to replace the city’s trams and regional railroads.
—Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
Amy Brenneman delivered one of the finest performances of the year, playing a Yale creative writing professor facing a terminal cancer diagnosis in this two-hander by Adam Rapp that spun a spiderweb around the creative act.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2023
Angelo dressed up as a spider alongside the family dog, while mom served as the spiderweb and LaValle was the fly.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2024
With Israel then isolated and exposed, Iran will be able to liberate al-Quds as the Jewish state collapses like a spiderweb, to use Hezbollah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah’s preferred analogy.
—Seth Cropsey, National Review, 10 Feb. 2024
Goldfuss said a building once stood where CNN accessed the tunnel through a huge crater and other shafts spread like a spiderweb through the neighborhood.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 7 Feb. 2024
The spiderweb of lanes demarcate grants by Lord Fairfax, whose family was given a vast tract of what is now Virginia by the British crown.
—Jayne Orenstein, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
Last year’s highlights included Jessica Chastain’s crystal spiderweb dress from Oscar de la Renta, Rihanna in a voluminous Schiaparelli, Hillary Swank’s Prada maternity look, and Emma D'Arcy’s suiting from Acne Studios.
—Vogue, 7 Jan. 2024
During a moment of optimism, the city invited the famous Swiss architect Le Corbusier to design a master plan that envisioned a sprawling spiderweb of modern highways to replace the city’s trams and regional railroads.
—Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
Amy Brenneman delivered one of the finest performances of the year, playing a Yale creative writing professor facing a terminal cancer diagnosis in this two-hander by Adam Rapp that spun a spiderweb around the creative act.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2023
Angelo dressed up as a spider alongside the family dog, while mom served as the spiderweb and LaValle was the fly.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
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spiderweb
noun
spi·der·web
ˈspīd-ər-ˌweb
: the silken web spun by most spiders and used as a resting place and a trap for small prey
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