Entry Word: web

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 something that catches and holds <he was caught in the web of branches> <she was trapped by her own web of lies>

Synonyms entanglement, net, snare

Related Words mesh, trap; knot, snarl, tangle; labyrinth, maze; cobweb, spiderweb

2 a device or scheme for capturing another by surprise <an ingenious web that was spun by undercover agents going after drug dealers> — see trap 1