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web-browser

web-browser is the alternative form of web browser.

Meaning of web browser

Noun

web browser (plural web browsers)

  1. (Internet) A computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web, chiefly by viewing web pages and following hyperlinks.
    • A web browser interprets an HTML document to display a web page. Popular web browsers are Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator.2001, Beth Brown, Bruce Presley, Elaine Malfas, A Guide to Web Authoring Using Microsoft FrontPage 2000, Lawrenceville Press, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    browser

Noun capitalized: Web-browser

Web-browser (plural Web-browsers)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of web browser.
    • If you have access to a good graphical Web-browser such as Mosaic, the address is http://www.hotwired.com/ (the trailing slash is often optional).1994 November 24, David Plotnikoff, “HotWired launches a revolution”, in The Spokesman-Review, 112th year, number 169, Spokane, Wash.; Coeur d’Alene, Ida., page E13
    • Rockin’ the Web: KFJC-FM (89.7), Foothill College’s pioneering alternative-rock station, has a very well-crafted World Wide Web page. Point your Web-browser to http:1994 December 16, David Plotnikoff, “Take a gamble on this newsgroup before you hit Vegas”, in Chicago Tribune, 148th year, number 350, section 7, page 96, column 5

Forms of web-browser

pluralweb-browsers
pluralWeb-browsers

Questions about web-browser

What is web-browser the alternative form of?
Web-browser is the alternative form of web browser.
What part of speech is web-browser?
Web-browser is a noun.
What is the plural of web-browser?
The plural of web-browser is web-browsers.

Words near web-browser in the dictionary

  1. Web spiders
  2. web surfer
  3. web surfers
  4. web television
  5. web-based
  6. web-browser
  7. web-browsers
  8. web-footed
  9. web-footed gecko
  10. web-footed geckos
  11. web-headed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: web-browser (page history and authors); Web-browser (page history and authors); web browser (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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