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spiderweb

spi·der·web
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [spahy-der-web]
    • /ˈspaɪ dərˌwɛb/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [spahy-der-web]
    • /ˈspaɪ dərˌwɛb/

Definitions of spiderweb word

  • verb with object spiderweb to cover with a spider web or fine lines resembling a spider web. 1
  • noun spiderweb structure spun by a spider 1
  • noun Technical meaning of spiderweb (tool)   A program for creating versions of Knuth's WEB self-documenting programs ("literate programming"). 1

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Origin of spiderweb

First appearance:

before 1890
One of the 20% newest English words
First recorded in 1890-95; v. use of spider web

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Spiderweb

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

spiderweb popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

spiderweb usage trend in Literature

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Top questions with spiderweb

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