web

The word “web” means a network of fine threads spun by a spider to catch prey. In plain terms, a spider's silk network, the internet as a system of linked pages, or figuratively a tangled network of connections or deceit.

“Web” is pronounced wehb (/wɛb/ in IPA).

Here is “web” used in a sentence: “A web glistened with dew between the fence posts.”

“Web” is a noun.

The word “web” comes from Old English. From Old English webb, from a Germanic root meaning "to weave" — the same root that gives us "weave" and "waspish" cousins in other languages.

“Web” is a very common word in modern English, usually learned at around the A2 level.

“Web” has 4 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: a network of fine threads spun by a spider to catch prey.

A spider's web is the real net of fine silk threads a spider spins to trap prey. The World Wide Web borrows that image as a metaphor: it is the huge network of linked pages on the internet, called a 'web' because the way its pages connect resembles the crisscrossing threads of a spider's web.

It is made of silk — a strong, stretchy protein the spider produces inside its body and spins out through nozzles called spinnerets. Some of the threads are coated in glue to trap insects, while others are dry so the spider can walk across its own web without getting stuck.

Mainly to catch food: the sticky threads trap flying and crawling insects, which the spider then wraps and eats. Webs also serve as shelter, protect egg sacs, and act like an early-warning system — vibrations travelling along the silk tell the spider that prey, or danger, has arrived.