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The correct spelling is webs.
How to pronounce webs
noun
IPA: /wɛbz/
Say it like: Web-s
The correct spelling is webs. The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb. For example: "The sunlight glistened in the dew on the web."
Usage Examples
“The sunlight glistened in the dew on the web.”
“Let me search the web for that.”
“He caught the ball in the web.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.
- 2.(by extension) Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which when diagrammed resembles a spider's web.
- 3.(sometimes capitalized) Specifically, the World Wide Web.
- 4.The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing.
- 5.A latticed or woven structure.
verb
- 1.To construct or form a web.
- 2.To cover with a web or network.
- 3.To ensnare or entangle.
- 4.To provide with a web.
- 5.To weave.
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