a web spun by a spider to entrap its prey.

a single thread spun by a spider.

something resembling a cobweb; anything finespun, flimsy, or insubstantial.

a network of plot or intrigue; an insidious snare.

cobwebs, confusion, indistinctness, or lack of order

I'm so tired my head is full of cobwebs.

to cover with or as with cobwebs

Spiders cobwebbed the cellar.

to confuse or muddle

Drunkenness cobwebbed his mind.

noun

fiber , gossamer , labyrinth , mesh , net , network , snare , tissue , toil , web , webbing , spiderweb , trap