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
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From orbit, the intersecting ridges resemble a massive spiderweb sprawled across the Martian surface.
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 27 Feb. 2026
The Beauty’s enduring phallus preoccupation makes clear that the series is trying to do a Freudian thing by untangling the spiderweb of social, historical, and psychological strands that combine into modern masculinity.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2026
Slow-attack tones emerge and are subsumed back within the haze, like single strands of a spiderweb zooming in and out of focus; the uppermost reaches are suffused in a delicate scrim of what sounds like electronic crickets.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 14 Jan. 2026
Deep cracks spiderweb across the earth.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Dec. 2025
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 27 Feb. 2026
The Beauty’s enduring phallus preoccupation makes clear that the series is trying to do a Freudian thing by untangling the spiderweb of social, historical, and psychological strands that combine into modern masculinity.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2026
Slow-attack tones emerge and are subsumed back within the haze, like single strands of a spiderweb zooming in and out of focus; the uppermost reaches are suffused in a delicate scrim of what sounds like electronic crickets.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 14 Jan. 2026
Deep cracks spiderweb across the earth.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Dec. 2025
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“Spiderweb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spiderweb. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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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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