/ web; NAmE / noun
1.
[ C ] = spider's web :
A spider had spun a perfect web outside the window.
2.
[ C ] a complicated pattern of things that are closely connected to each other :
a web of streets
We were caught in a tangled web of relationships.
3.
the Web [ sing. ] = World Wide Web :
I found the information on the Web .
4.
[ C ] a piece of skin that joins the toes of some birds and animals that swim, for example ducks and frogs
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English web(b) woven fabric , of Germanic origin; related to Dutch web , also to weave .