English · Word Candidate

web

/wɛb/

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Also seen as: webs · webbing · webbed

Sense 1

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Cấu trúc tơ được một con nhện xây dựng sử dụng tơ tiết ra từ spinnerets

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Noun

Examples

The sunlight glistened in the dew on the web.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 2

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which, when diagrammed, resembles a spider's web.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Tập hợp các cá nhân, địa điểm hoặc vật thể liên kết với nhau

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Noun

Examples

The time of his birth, his birth-place, his parentage, are all involved in obscurity; and such has been the perplexing ingenuity of commentators, that it is difficult to extricate the truth from the web of conjectures with which it is interwoven.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 3

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

To construct or form a web.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Xây dựng hoặc tạo thành một mạng lưới

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Verb

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 4

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

To cover with a web or network.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Che phủ bằng mạng lưới hoặc lưới

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Verb

Examples

The canker worm has no shelter upon the tree, but lies out upon the leaf or branch ; this forms itself a house by webbing the corner of a leaf, into which it retreats on the first appearance of danger[…]

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “web” mean?

The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.

Is “web” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.