"spider's web" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spider's webs [plural], spiders' webs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|spiders' webs}} spider's web (plural spider's webs or spiders' webs)
  1. Alternative spelling of spiderweb Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: spiderweb
    Sense id: en-spider's_web-en-noun-~qTIUew8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33
  2. A kind of maypole dance.
    Sense id: en-spider's_web-en-noun-y7Uw1pAD

Inflected forms

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