Web
- Proper noun. (context, perhaps) The World Wide Web.
- Noun. The silken structure a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.Image:Spinnennetz im Gegenlicht.jpg|thumb|right|A spider's web.
- Noun. Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which when diagrammed resembles a spider's web.
- Noun. ''Specifically'', the World Wide Web (often capitalized Web).
- Noun. (baseball) The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing. File:Baseball glove.png|thumb|right|A baseball glove, with a '''web''' between the thumb and forefinger.
- Noun. A latticed or woven structure.
- Noun. The interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the load capacity of the member.
- Noun. (rail transport) The thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top (head) and bottom (foot) of the rail. image:rail profile.svg|thumb|right|Profile of flat-bottomed and bullhead railway rail showing the '''web'''.
- Noun. A fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds, or of other animals.
- Noun. (context, manufacturing) A continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing.
- Noun. (context, lithography) A long sheet of paper which is fed from a roll into a printing press, as opposed to individual sheets of paper.
- Proper noun. (alternative capitalization of, Web) : the World Wide Web.
- Verb. (intransitive) to construct or form a web.
- Verb. (transitive) to cover with a web or network.
- Verb. (transitive) to ensnare or entangle.
- Verb. (transitive) to provide with a web.
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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.