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WEBBING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A strong fabric woven in strips
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("webbing" is a kind of...):
cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)
Derivation:
web (construct or form a web, as if by weaving)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A narrow closely woven tape; used in upholstery or for seat belts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("webbing" is a kind of...):
tape (a long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Something forming a web (as between the toes of birds)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("webbing" is a kind of...):
web (an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb web
