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webwork

Syllables: web·workUK/ˈwɛbˌwɜːk/US/ˈwɛbˌwɝk/

webwork noun: a net or web; something structured or interlinked in a weblike manner.

Noun

webwork (usually uncountable, plural webworks)

  1. (usually) A net or web; something structured or interlinked in a weblike manner.
    • Most frequently, the three make up the webwork of his literary fabric.1946, William Allison Shimer, editor, The American Scholar, volume XV, page 87
    • Very quickly it becomes evident that these webworks are part of an unaccountably large lair of thousands of spiders.1990, Noël Carroll, The Philosophy of Horror: Or, Paradoxes of the Heart, New York: Routledge
    Synonyms:
    meshwork, network

Examples of webwork in a sentence

  • In some sense, the entire webwork of space-time would dissolve into myriad unconnected points in the spaceless and timeless Void with no communication between them.2002, Sten Odenwald, “Gravity’s Web”, in Patterns in the Void: Why Nothing Is Important, 1st edition, Westview Press, →ISBN, page 111:
  • If museums are to assist their users to explore and develop what they know, they must invite the avalanche of questions and create the webwork of connections that configure a learning life.2003, David Carr, “Museums, Educative: An Encyclopedia Entry”, in The Promise of Cultural Institutions, Rowman Altamira, →ISBN, page 35:
  • Delicate fingers of frost reached up from the floor and extended down from the ceiling; the bottles were covered with a lacy webwork so fine that it looked like cobwebs.2003, Ben Jones, chapter XIII, in The Rope Eater, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 185:

Synonyms of webwork

Forms of webwork

pluralwebworks

Origin of webwork

From web + work.

Questions about webwork

What does webwork mean?
Webwork means a net or web; something structured or interlinked in a weblike manner.
How do you use webwork in a sentence?
In some sense, the entire webwork of space-time would dissolve into myriad unconnected points in the spaceless and timeless Void with no communication between them.
What part of speech is webwork?
Webwork is a noun.
How do you pronounce webwork?
Webwork is pronounced /ˈwɛbˌwɜːk/ (UK).
What is the plural of webwork?
The plural of webwork is webworks.

Words near webwork in the dictionary

  1. webutations
  2. webvertising
  3. WebVTT
  4. webware
  5. Webwide
  6. webwork
  7. webworks
  8. webworm
  9. webworm moth
  10. webworm moths
  11. webworms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: webwork (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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