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webspace

webspace noun: disk space used to store web pages and other content that can be accessed through the World Wide Web.

Noun (1)

webspace (usually uncountable, plural webspaces)

  1. (Internet, usually) Disk space used to store web pages and other content that can be accessed through the World Wide Web.
    • Some Internet providers offer free webspace to subscribers.

Noun (2)

webspace (plural webspaces)

  1. One of the spaces between the fingers or toes that contains a web of skin.
    • The first webspace flap has been classified into 4 types based on this versatility […]2014, Ian A. Trail, Andrew N. M. Fleming, Disorders of the Hand: Volume 1: Hand Injuries, page 159
    • Digital contractures and webspace contractures of the foot are dealt with using the same principles and techniques as in the digits of the hand.2016, David G. Greenhalgh, Burn Care for General Surgeons and General Practitioners, page 163

Examples of webspace in a sentence

  • Injury to the median nerve during CTR commonly involves the nerve to the third webspace, the recurrent motor branch, or the palmar cutaneous branch (seen with more radially placed incisions).2017, Scott F. M. Duncan, Ryosuke Kakinoki, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Related Median Neuropathies:
  • Usually one will want to open the tip or the pad of the finger and attend to additional trimming about flexion creases and webspaces […]2020, Terri M. Skirven, A. Lee Osterman, Jane Fedorczyk, Rehabilitation of the Hand and Upper Extremity, page 1534:

Forms of webspace

pluralwebspaces
alternative formweb space

Origin of webspace

From web + space.

Questions about webspace

What does webspace mean?
Webspace means disk space used to store web pages and other content that can be accessed through the World Wide Web.
How do you use webspace in a sentence?
Injury to the median nerve during CTR commonly involves the nerve to the third webspace, the recurrent motor branch, or the palmar cutaneous branch (seen with more radially placed incisions).
What part of speech is webspace?
Webspace is a noun.
What is the plural of webspace?
The plural of webspace is webspaces.

Words near webspace in the dictionary

  1. websleuths
  2. webslinger
  3. webslingers
  4. websmith
  5. websmiths
  6. webspace
  7. webspaces
  8. webspam
  9. webspeak
  10. webspinner
  11. webspinners

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Adapted from Wiktionary: webspace (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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