web

Definitions

• The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.
• (by extension) Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which when diagrammed resembles a spider's web.
• (sometimes) Specifically, the World Wide Web.
• (baseball) The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing.
• A latticed or woven structure.
• (usually with "spin", "weave", or similar verbs) A tall tale with more complexity than a myth or legend.
• A plot or scheme.
• The interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the load capacity of the member.
• (rail transport) 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.
• (manufacturing) 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.
• (dated) 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.
• (dated) A major broadcasting network.