web

The World Wide Web.

“Some of that content is now only available on the Web.”

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

“The sunlight glistened in the dew on the web.”

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

(sometimes capitalized) Specifically, the World Wide Web.

“Let me search the web for that.”

The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing.

“He caught the ball in the web.”

A latticed or woven structure.

“The gazebo's roof was a web made of thin strips of wood.”

(usually with "spin", "weave", or similar verbs) A tall tale with more complexity than a myth or legend.

“Careful—she knows how to spin a good web, but don't lean too hard on what she says.”

A plot or scheme.

The interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the load capacity of the member.

The thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top (head) and bottom (foot) of the rail.

A fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds, or of other animals.

The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers.

A continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing.

(lithography) A long sheet of paper which is fed from a roll into a printing press, as opposed to individual sheets of paper.

A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood of a carriage.

A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.

A major broadcasting network.

To construct or form a web.

To cover with a web or network.

To ensnare or entangle.

To provide with a web.

To weave.