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Word: web (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds.
  • A latticed or woven structure.
  • Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which when diagrammed resembles a spider's web.
  • baseball The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the thumb|right|A baseball glove, with a '''web''' between the thumb and forefinger
  • lithography A long sheet of paper which is fed from a roll into a printing press, as opposed to individual sheets of paper.
  • manufacturing A continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing.
  • rail transport The thinner vertical section of a railway thumb|right|Profile of flat-bottomed and bullhead railway rail showing the '''web'''
  • ''Specifically'', the World Wide Web (''often capitalized Web'').
  • The interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the load capacity of the member.
  • The thumb|right|A spider's web

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Proper noun:

  • informal The World Wide Web.

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Verb:

  • intransitive to construct or form a web
  • transitive to cover with a web or network
  • transitive to ensnare or entangle
  • transitive to provide with a web

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