cobweb

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider
  2. noun filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
  3. noun a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web

Etymology

From Middle English copweb, coppeweb. Compare Middle Dutch kopwebbe, German Low German Kobbenwebbe (Westphalian). By surface analysis, cob (“spider”, obsolete) + web.

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