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Noun: spiderweb
  1. A web spun by spiders to trap insect prey
    "The spiderweb glistened with morning dew";
    - spider web, spider's web
     
  2. A web resembling the webs spun by spiders
    "The intricate spiderweb of cracks spread across the windscreen";
    - spider web, spider's web
Verb: spiderweb (spiderwebbed,spiderwebbing)
  1. Connect or cover as if with spiderwebs
    "Cracks spiderwebbed across the windscreen after the impact"

Derived forms: spiderwebbing, spiderwebbed, spider webs, spiderwebs

Type of: entanglement, web

Encyclopedia: Spiderweb, South Carolina