spider web

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun spider web has 2 senses

spider web(n = noun.artifact) spider's web - a web resembling the webs spun by spiders;

is a kind of entanglement, web

spider web(n = noun.artifact) spider's web - a web spun by spiders to trap insect prey;

has particulars: cobweb, funnel web, orb web, sheet web

is a kind of web

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CIDE DICTIONARY

spider web,

The silken web which is formed by most kinds of spiders, particularly the web spun to entrap their prey; -- also called cobweb. See Geometric spider, Triangle spider, under Geometric, and Triangle. [1913 Webster]