Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

webwork

/ˈwɛbˌwɝk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables: web-work
IPA: /ˈwɛbˌwɝk/

19

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A net or web; something structured or interlinked in a weblike manner.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Most frequently, the three make up the webwork of his literary fabric."
"Very quickly it becomes evident that these webworks are part of an unaccountably large lair of thousands of spiders."
"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."
"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."
"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."

Etymology

From web + work.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈwɛbˌwɝk/
British English: /ˈwɛbˌwɜːk/

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

webworks (plural)

Synonyms

meshwork network

Questions

How do you pronounce webwork?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwɛbˌwɝk/.
What does webwork mean?: A net or web; something structured or interlinked in a weblike manner.
Where does webwork come from?: From web + work.

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