web

/web/ noun [C]

Definition

› a type of net made by a spider (= small creature with eight legs) to catch other insects: a spider's web

the Web › (also the World Wide Web) part of the Internet that consists of all the connected websites (= pages of text and pictures)

(Definition of web noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

everything that exists or is possible

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