"webwork" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈwɛbˌwɜːk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈwɛbˌwɝk/ [General-American] Forms: webworks [plural]
Etymology: web + work Etymology templates: {{compound|en|web|work}} web + work Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} webwork (usually uncountable, plural webworks)
  1. A net or web; something structured or interlinked in a weblike manner. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: meshwork, network
    Sense id: en-webwork-en-noun-84q3VLsn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1946, William Allison Shimer, editor, The American Scholar, volume XV, page 87",
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          "ref": "1990, Noël Carroll, The Philosophy of Horror: Or, Paradoxes of the Heart, New York: Routledge",
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          "ref": "2002, Sten Odenwald, “Gravity’s Web”, in Patterns in the Void: Why Nothing Is Important, 1st edition, Westview Press, page 111",
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          "ref": "2003, David Carr, “Museums, Educative: An Encyclopedia Entry”, in The Promise of Cultural Institutions, Rowman Altamira, page 35",
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          "ref": "2003, Ben Jones, chapter XIII, in The Rope Eater, Doubleday, page 185",
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