US /ˈkɑbˌwɛbi/ UK /ˈkɒbˌwɛbi/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    covered with or resembling cobwebs; gossamer and flimsy

    They opened the cobwebby attic that no one had entered in years.

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Synonyms
1 adj · covered with or resembling... gossamerflimsyfilmywispygauzydiaphanousfine
Opposites
Word family
Related forms cobwebcobwebbed

Etymology

From cobweb + -y; cobweb is from Middle English coppeweb, from coppe 'spider' (Old English ātor-coppe) + web.

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