Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cobweb

3 senses of cobweb

Sense 1
cobweb -- (a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider)
       => fabric, cloth, material, textile -- (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress")

Sense 2
cobweb, gossamer -- (filaments from a web that was spun by a spider)
       => fibril, filament, strand -- (a very slender natural or synthetic fiber)

Sense 3
cobweb -- (a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web)
       => spider web, spider's web -- (a web spun by spiders to trap insect prey)