Synonyms of the word cobweb


COBWEBCLOTH - FABRIC - FIBRIL - FILAMENT - GOSSAMER - MATERIAL - STRAND - TEXTILE

cobweb

  • n. A spiderweb, or the remains of one, especially an asymmetrical one that is woven with an irregular pattern…
  • n. One of its filaments; gossamer.
  • n. (figuratively) Something thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; rubbish.
  • n. An intricate plot to catch the unwary.
  • n. (Internet, rare, slang) A web page that either has not been updated for a long time, or that is rarely…
  • n. The European spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata.

cloth

  • n. (uncountable) A woven fabric such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.
  • n. (countable) A piece of cloth used for a particular purpose.
  • n. (Can we verify([fullurl:Wiktionary:Requests for verification/English?? +]) this sense?) A form of attire…
  • n. (in idioms) Priesthood, clergy.

fabric

  • n. (archaic) structure, building.
  • n. (archaic) The act of constructing; construction; fabrication.
  • n. (archaic) The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship;…
  • n. The framework underlying a structure.
  • n. A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.
  • n. (petrology) The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock.
  • n. (computing) Interconnected nodes that look like a textile 'fabric' when viewed collectively from a distance.

fibril

  • n. A fine fibre or filament.
  • n. (biology) Any fine, filamentous structure in animals or plants.

filament

  • n. A fine thread or wire.
  • n. Such a wire, as can be heated until it glows, in an incandescent light bulb or a thermionic valve.
  • n. (physics, astronomy) A massive, thread-like structure, such as those gaseous ones which extend outward…
  • n. (botany) The stalk of a stamen in a flower, supporting the anther.
  • n. (textiles) A continuous object, limited in length only by its spool, and not cut to length.

gossamer

  • n. A fine film or strand as of cobwebs, floating in the air or caught on bushes, etc.
  • n. A soft, sheer fabric.
  • n. Anything delicate, light and flimsy.
  • adj. Tenuous, light, filmy or delicate.

material

  • adj. Having to do with matter; consisting of matter.
  • adj. Worldly, as opposed to spiritual.
  • adj. (law, accounting) Significant.
  • n. Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something.
  • n. Text written for a specific purpose.
  • n. A sample or specimens for study.
  • n. Cloth to be made into a garment.
  • n. A person who is qualified for a certain position or activity.
  • n. Related data of various kinds, especially if collected as the basis for a document or book.
  • n. The substance that something is made or composed of.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To form from matter; to materialize.

strand

  • n. The shore or beach of the sea or ocean; shore; beach.
  • n. (poetic, archaic or regional) The shore or beach of a lake or river.
  • n. A small brook or rivulet.
  • n. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A passage for water; gutter.
  • n. A street (perhaps from similarity of shape).
  • v. (transitive, nautical) To run aground; to beach.
  • v. (transitive, figuratively) To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
  • v. (transitive, baseball) To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base.
  • n. Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
  • n. A string.
  • n. An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.
  • n. (electronics) A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
  • n. (broadcasting) A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.
  • n. (figuratively) A sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread.
  • n. (genetics) A nucleotide chain.
  • v. (transitive) To break a strand of (a rope).

textile

  • n. (usually in the plural) Cloth produced from a fabric.
  • n. (naturism) A non-nudist.
  • adj. (naturism) Clothing compulsive.

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