n. Function: noun
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Synonyms: TEXTURE 2, fabric, fiber
2 something by which one is ensnared, held fast, or inextricably involved FF1C; diplomacy caught in its own web of double-dealing FF1E;
Synonyms: cobweb, entanglement, mesh(es), toil(s); compare ENTANGLEMENT 1
Related Words: complexity, complication; labyrinth, maze, morass, skein, snarl, tangle; embroilment, enmeshment, ensnarement, entrapment, involvement
Idioms: a tangled web
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Synonyms: MAZE 1, jungle, knot, labyrinth, mesh, mizmaze, morass, skein, snarl, tangle