cobweb

«cobweb» in Mova's school dictionary: the fine sticky thread net that a spider spins to catch… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (cobweb, cobwebs)

meaning for a pupil

1) A cobweb is the fine sticky thread net that a spider spins to catch insects. tree →

2) In talk, «cobwebs» can mean old, silly ideas that are not true. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, the sticky web a spider uses to trap a fly; «moontalk and cobwebs» means foolish, old-fashioned nonsense

examples

• The fly was caught in the cobweb. tree →
• The attic was full of dusty cobwebs. tree →
• Are all these tales just cobwebs and moontalk? tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cobweb» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.