Meanings
nounspiderweb (plural spiderwebs)
plural spiderwebs · alternative spider's web · alternative spider’s web · alternative spider web · alternative spider-web
verbspiderweb (third-person singular simple present spiderwebs, present participle spiderwebbing, simple past and past participle spiderwebbed)
present singular third person spiderwebs · participle present spiderwebbing · participle past spiderwebbed · past spiderwebbed · alternative spider's web · alternative spider’s web · alternative spider web · alternative spider-web
- transitiveTo connect or cover as if with spiderwebs.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomething that resembles a spider's web in being mesh-like, entrapping, or fragile.
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Origin
- Middle Englishspiþere webb
- Englishspiderweb
From Middle English spiþere webb, equivalent to spider + web.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans spinnerak
- spinneraknet-like construct of a spider
Ancient Greek ἀράχνιον
- ἀράχνιον (arákhnion)net-like construct of a spider
Arabic بَيْت الْعَنْكَبُوت, نَسِيج الْعَنْكَبُوت
- بَيْت الْعَنْكَبُوت (bayt al-ʕankabūt)net-like construct of a spider
- نَسِيج الْعَنْكَبُوت (nasīj al-ʕankabūt)net-like construct of a spider
Bengali মাকড়সার জাল
- মাকড়সার জাল (makṛośar jal)net-like construct of a spider
Bulgarian па́яжина
- па́яжина (pájažina)net-like construct of a spider
Catalan teranyina
- teranyinanet-like construct of a spider
Chinese Cantonese 蠄蟧絲網 /蠄𮔚丝网, 蜘蛛網 /蜘蛛网
- 蠄蟧絲網 /蠄𮔚丝网 (kam⁴ lou⁴ si¹ mong⁵)net-like construct of a spider
- 蜘蛛網 /蜘蛛网 (zi¹ zyu¹ mong⁵)net-like construct of a spider
Chinese Mandarin 蜘蛛網 /蜘蛛网, 蛛網 /蛛网
- 蜘蛛網 /蜘蛛网 (zhīzhūwǎng)net-like construct of a spider
- 蛛網 /蛛网 (zhūwǎng)net-like construct of a spider
Czech pavučina
- pavučinanet-like construct of a spider
Danish spindelvæv, edderkoppespind
- spindelvævnet-like construct of a spider
- edderkoppespindnet-like construct of a spider
Dutch spinnenweb
- spinnenwebnet-like construct of a spider
Esperanto araneaĵo
- araneaĵonet-like construct of a spider
Estonian ämblikuvõrk
- ämblikuvõrknet-like construct of a spider
Finnish hämähäkinseitti, seitti
- hämähäkinseittinet-like construct of a spider
- seittinet-like construct of a spider
- seittisomething that resembles a spider's web
French toile d'araignée, toile
- toile d'araignéenet-like construct of a spider
- toilenet-like construct of a spider
- arantèlenet-like construct of a spider
German Spinnennetz, Spinnwebe
- Spinnennetznet-like construct of a spider
- Spinnwebenet-like construct of a spider
- Spinnengewebenet-like construct of a spider
- Spinngewebenet-like construct of a spider
Greek ιστός αράχνης
- ιστός αράχνης (istós aráchnis)net-like construct of a spider
Hebrew קוּרֵי עַכָּבִישׁ
- קוּרֵי עַכָּבִישׁ (kuréy akavísh)net-like construct of a spider
Hindi जाल, मकड़ी का जाल
- जाल (jāl)net-like construct of a spider
- मकड़ी का जाल (makṛī kā jāl)net-like construct of a spider
- जाला (jālā)net-like construct of a spider
Hungarian pókháló
- pókhálónet-like construct of a spider
Icelandic kóngulóarvefur
- kóngulóarvefurnet-like construct of a spider
Irish líon damhán alla, líontán damhán alla
- líon damhán allanet-like construct of a spider
- líontán damhán allanet-like construct of a spider
Italian ragnatela
- ragnatelanet-like construct of a spider
Japanese クモの巣, 蜘網
- クモの巣 (kumonosu)net-like construct of a spider
- 蜘網 (chimō)net-like construct of a spider
- 蛛網 (chumō)net-like construct of a spider
Korean 거미줄
- 거미줄 (geomijul)net-like construct of a spider
Latin arāneum, arānea
- arāneumnet-like construct of a spider
- arāneanet-like construct of a spider
- cassiculusnet-like construct of a spider
Latvian zirnekļa tīkls, zirnekļtīkls
- zirnekļa tīklsnet-like construct of a spider
- zirnekļtīklsnet-like construct of a spider
Lithuanian voratinklis
- voratinklisnet-like construct of a spider
Malay sawang
- sawangnet-like construct of a spider
Māori māwhai, māwhaiwhai
- māwhainet-like construct of a spider
- māwhaiwhainet-like construct of a spider
- tukutukunet-like construct of a spider
Norwegian Bokmål spindelvev, edderkoppnett
- spindelvevnet-like construct of a spider
- edderkoppnettnet-like construct of a spider
- kingelvevnet-like construct of a spider
- edderkoppspinnnet-like construct of a spider
Persian انفست, کرو
- انفست (anfast)net-like construct of a spider
- کروnet-like construct of a spider
- کارتنک (kārtanak)net-like construct of a spider
Polish pajęczyna, pajęczyna
- pajęczynanet-like construct of a spider
- pajęczynasomething that resembles a spider's web
Portuguese teia, teia de aranha
- teianet-like construct of a spider
- teia de aranhanet-like construct of a spider
- aranheiranet-like construct of a spider
Romanian pânză de păianjen, păienjeniș
- pânză de păianjennet-like construct of a spider
- păienjenișsomething that resembles a spider's web
Russian паути́на, паути́на
- паути́на (pautína)net-like construct of a spider
- паути́на (pautína)something that resembles a spider's web
- сеть (setʹ)something that resembles a spider's web
Scottish Gaelic lìon an damhan-allaidh
- lìon an damhan-allaidhnet-like construct of a spider
Slovak pavučina
- pavučinanet-like construct of a spider
Spanish telaraña, tela de araña
- telarañanet-like construct of a spider
- tela de arañanet-like construct of a spider
Swedish spindelnät, spindelväv
- spindelnätnet-like construct of a spider
- spindelvävnet-like construct of a spider
Tagalog agiw, lawalawa
- agiwnet-like construct of a spider
- lawalawanet-like construct of a spider
Thai ใยแมงมุม, หยากไย่
- ใยแมงมุม (yai-mɛɛng-mum)net-like construct of a spider
- หยากไย่ (yàak-yâi)net-like construct of a spider
Turkish örümcek ağı
- örümcek ağınet-like construct of a spider
Ukrainian павути́на, павути́ння
- павути́на (pavutýna)net-like construct of a spider
- павути́ння (pavutýnnja)net-like construct of a spider
- павутина (pavutýna)something that resembles a spider's web
Urdu جال
- جال (jāl)net-like construct of a spider
Vietnamese mạng nhện
- mạng nhệnnet-like construct of a spider
Welsh gwe, gwe pryf copyn
- gwenet-like construct of a spider
- gwe pryf copynnet-like construct of a spider
- gwe corrynnet-like construct of a spider
Yiddish שפּינוועב
- שפּינוועב (shpinveb)net-like construct of a spider
Cite this entry
APA
spiderweb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spiderweb
MLA
“spiderweb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spiderweb. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spiderweb,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spiderweb.
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