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Meanings of cobweb in English

Catalan
fils de teranyina
Spanish
tela de araña

Filaments from a web that was spun by a spider.

fils de teranyina
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Examples for "gossamer"
Examples for "gossamer"
1
Never were such films and gossamer threads used in like entanglement before.
A Face Illumined
2
Gulbis loves to attack, but on this occasion found himself chasing gossamer.
The Guardian
3
The main figure leads its troop on gossamer thread of varied journey.
Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies
4
Except it wasn't a string; it was a gossamer-thin strand of steel.
The waste lands
5
Seeds of Tillandsia fly on long threads, like spiders on the gossamer
The Botanic Garden. Part II. / Containing the Loves of the Plant...
Usage of cobweb in English
1
Go and sweep away that cobweb, and be more careful in future.
The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of...
2
The cobweb yielded slowly, taking more time than they could afford now.
Metro 2034
3
She brushed it aside like a cobweb and she clutched at it.
The Wind in the Rose-Bush, and Other Stories of the Supernatural
4
Flies get caught in a cobweb, but wasps flit straight through them.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
5
Still, I knew my reputation was a coat spun out of cobweb.
The Wise Man’s Fear
6
The green shutters, tightly closed, were gray with cobweb and with dust.
The Mettle of the Pasture
7
Then, bracing himself, he crossed the wide, cobweb-festooned space toward the arch.
The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft
8
The new kind, like a cobweb-withsilver underneath-anda rose-colored fan-and pearls.
The Trumpeter Swan
9
Daegan thought, brushing away a cobweb as he turned toward the bedroom.
Running scared
10
On his face some insect was creeping, or a cobweb was trembling.
Mother
11
Pictures hung askew, and there was a small cobweb around the lampshade.
One of our Thursdays is missing
12
These were but cobweb impediments which, indeed, had long been brushed away.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 14: 1568, part I
13
The young man stepped forward, gave a cobweb-clearing shake of his head.
Sisterhood of Dune
14
A silence brushed between us like a cobweb in a gloomy house.
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
15
He screamed as a pair of cobweb-covered claws reached for his face.
The nightmarys
16
A cobweb covered her face and her nightgown was gray with dust.
The spurned viscountess
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United Kingdom
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