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Is web a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word web is a Scrabble US word. The word web is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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3-letter words (1 found)

WEB,

2-letter words (3 found)

BE,EW,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 5 words from web according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of web

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Definitions and meaning of web

web

Etymology

From Middle English webbe, from Old English webb, from Proto-Germanic *wabją, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“weave”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɛb/
  • Rhymes: -ɛb

Noun

web (plural webs)

  2. The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.
  3. (by extension) Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which, when diagrammed, resembles a spider's web.
  5. (baseball) The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing.
  6. A latticed or woven structure.
  7. (usually with "spin", "weave", or similar verbs) A tall tale with more complexity than a myth or legend.
    Synonym: yarn
  8. A plot or scheme.
  9. The interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the load capacity of the member.
  11. (rail transport) The thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top (head) and bottom (foot) of the rail.
    Coordinate terms: head, foot
  12. A fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds, or of other animals.
  13. The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers.
  14. (manufacturing) A continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing.
  15. (lithography) A long sheet of paper which is fed from a roll into a printing press, as opposed to individual sheets of paper.
  16. (dated) A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood of a carriage.
  17. A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
    1. The blade of a sword.
    2. The blade of a saw.
    3. The thin, sharp part of a colter.
    4. The bit of a key.
  18. (dated, US, radio, television) A major broadcasting network.
  19. (architecture) A section of a groin vault, separated by ribs. (Can we clean up(+) this sense?)
  20. (medicine, archaic) A cataract of the eye.
    Synonyms: pin and web, web and pin

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

Proper noun

the web

  2. Alternative letter-case form of Web: the World Wide Web.

Translations

Verb

web (third-person singular simple present webs, present participle webbing, simple past and past participle webbed)

  1. (intransitive) To construct or form a web.
  2. (transitive) To cover with a web or network.
  3. (transitive) To ensnare or entangle.
  4. (transitive) To provide with a web.
  5. (transitive, obsolete) To weave.

Translations

Further reading

  • web on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Bew, EBW, WBE

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from English web.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈwɛp]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈwep]

Noun

web m (plural webs)

  1. web, net, internet
  2. Clipping of lloc web.

Noun

web f (plural webs)

  1. Clipping of pàgina web.

Further reading

  • “web” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English web.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛp]
  • Rhymes: -ɛp
  • Hyphenation: web

Noun

web m inan (related adjective webový)

  1. the World Wide Web, the Internet
  2. web page
    Synonym: webová stránka

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • web in Internetová jazyková příručka

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch webbe, from Old Dutch *web, from Proto-Germanic *wabją, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“weave”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋɛp/
  • Hyphenation: web
  • Rhymes: -ɛp

Noun

web n (plural webben, diminutive webje n)

  1. web
  2. the World Wide Web

Derived terms

  • spinnenweb

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: web

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɛb/

Proper noun

web m

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Web

German

Pronunciation

Verb

web

  1. singular imperative of weben
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of weben

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English web.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛb]
  • Rhymes: -ɛb

Noun

web (plural webek)

  1. (computing) web (Internet)

Declension

Derived terms

  • webes

(Compound words):

  • webalkalmazás
  • webáruház
  • webcím
  • webergonómia
  • webkamera
  • weblap
  • weboldal
  • webszerver

References

Indonesian

Etymology

From English web, from Middle English webbe, from Old English webb, from Proto-Germanic *wabją, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“weave”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈwɛp̚]
  • Hyphenation: wèb

Noun

web (first-person possessive webku, second-person possessive webmu, third-person possessive webnya)

  1. (computing) web, the Web.
  2. (computing) network.
    Synonyms: jejaring, jaringan

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “web” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English web.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɛb/
  • Rhymes: -ɛb
  • Hyphenation: wèb

Noun

web m (invariable)

  1. (computing) web (Internet)

References

Japanese

Alternative forms

  • WEB (WEB)

Etymology

Borrowed from English web.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝe̞bɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

web(ウェブ) • (webu) 

  1. the Internet
    web(ウェブ)上(じょう)で公(こう)開(かい)された
    webu-jō de kōkai sareta
    made public online
    web(ウェブ)番(ばん)組(ぐみ)
    webu-bangumi
    online program

Usage notes

  • Capitalization may follow English conventions.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English webb, from Proto-West Germanic *wabi, from Proto-Germanic *wabją.

Alternative forms

  • webb, webbe, webe, weob

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɛb/

Noun

web (plural webbes)

  1. Woven fabric; fabric manufactured by weaving.
  2. A woven garment or belt.
  3. A spiderweb (net created by a spider)
  4. (by extension) A thin layer of material or tissue.
  5. An opaque growth caused by disease or illness.
Related terms
Descendants
  • English: web
  • Scots: wab, wob
References
  • “web, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-24.

Etymology 2

Noun

web

  1. Alternative form of webbe (“weaver”)

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English web.

Pronunciation

Noun

web f (uncountable)

  1. the World Wide Web
    Synonyms: rede, Internet, net

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English web.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈweb/ [ˈweβ̞], /ˈɡweb/ [ˈɡweβ̞]
  • Rhymes: -eb
  • Syllabification: web

Noun

web f (countable and uncountable, plural webs)

  1. (Internet) web (Internet)
  2. (Internet, countable) webpage, website
    Synonyms: página, página web

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “web”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian webb, from Proto-Germanic *wabją.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛp/

Noun

web n (plural webben, diminutive webke)

  1. web
  2. World Wide Web

Derived terms

  • spinneweb
  • webside

Further reading

  • “web”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Source: wiktionary.org