Webb

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/wɛb/

proper noun

An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a weaver.

CommonScrabble 11

Meanings

proper nounWebb (plural Webbs)

plural Webbs

  1. An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a weaver.
    1 more example

    The 1.2-meter-diameter (4-foot-diameter) telescope has set off on a monthlong journey to its orbital destination of the sun-Earth Lagrange point L2, which is nearly 1 million miles (1.6 million kilometers) away from Earth and also home to NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Euclid will keep pace with Earth as our planet orbits the sun.

    2021 December 24, Don Lincoln, “The telescope that will replace Hubble will launch on Christmas. Here’s why it matters”, in CNN
  2. A rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Webb No. 138.
  3. A village in Saskatchewan within the rural municipality.
  4. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A populated place in Maricopa County, Arizona.
    2. A minor city in Clay County, Iowa.

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Cite this entry
APA

Webb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Webb

MLA

“Webb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Webb. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Webb,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Webb.

Source: Webb on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.