different between cobbler vs web

English

Etymology

From Middle English cobler, cobeler, cobelere, of unknown origin. Apparently equivalent to cobble +? -er, and related also to cobblestone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?bl?(?)/, /?k?b?l?(?)/

Noun

cobbler (plural cobblers)

1. A person who makes and repairs shoes
2. A person who lays cobbles; a roadworker
3. A kind of pie, usually filled with fruit, that lacks a crust at the base
4. (slang, usually in the plural) A police officer

   Look out: it's the cobblers!.

5. An alcoholic drink containing spirit or wine, with sugar and lemon juice
   • 1858 June, Asirvadam the Brahmin, in The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, Number 1,

     In the creed of Asirvadam the Brahmin, the drinker of strong drink is a Pariah, and the eater of cow's flesh is damned already. If, then, he can tell a cocktail from a cobbler, and scientifically discriminate between a julep and a gin-sling, it must be because the Vedas are unclasped to him; for in the Vedas all things are taught.

6. (obsolete) A clumsy workman
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, I. i. 11:

     Truly, sir, in respect of a fine workman, I / am but, as you would say, a cobbler.

Synonyms

• (person who repairs shoes): shoemender, shoemaker (person making or repairing shoes), cordwainer (archaic; person making shoes from new leather), waxy/waxie, lad of wax
• (police officer): see Thesaurus:police officer

Translations

References

• “cobbler”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• clobber

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?b/
• Rhymes: -?b

Noun

web (plural webs)

1. The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.

2. (by extension) Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which when diagrammed resembles a spider's web.
3. (baseball) The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing.

4. A latticed or woven structure.
5. (usually with "spin", "weave", or similar verbs) A tall tale with more complexity than a myth or legend.

   Synonym: yarn

6. A plot or scheme.
7. The interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the load capacity of the member.
8. (rail transport) The thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top (head) and bottom (foot) of the rail.

   Coordinate terms: head, foot

9. A fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds, or of other animals.
10. 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.
11. (manufacturing) A continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing.
12. (lithography) A long sheet of paper which is fed from a roll into a printing press, as opposed to individual sheets of paper.
13. (dated) A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood of a carriage.
14. A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
    1. The blade of a sword.
    1. The blade of a saw.
    2. The thin, sharp part of a colter.
    3. The bit of a key.
15. (dated, US, radio, television) A major broadcasting network.
    • 1950, Billboard (volume 62, number 43, page 9)

      […] the first big move toward a contract for television performers was made Friday (20) when the webs agreed to pay them according to the length of the show. […] Altho the major TV webs — NBC and CBS — may fall in line soon, an agreement may possibly be held up by the opposition of DuMont […]

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Translations

Proper noun

the web

1. 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

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?w?p/

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.

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p/
• Hyphenation: web
• Rhymes: -?p

Noun

web n (plural webben, diminutive webje n)

1. web
2. the World Wide Web

Derived terms

• spinnenweb

Descendants

• Afrikaans: web

German

Verb

web

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

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English web.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?v?b]
• Rhymes: -?b

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 *wabj?, from Proto-Indo-European *web?- (“weave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?w?p?]
• 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 (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English web.

Noun

web m (invariable)

1. (computing) web (Internet)

Japanese

Alternative forms

• WEB

Etymology

Borrowed from English web.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??e?b???]

Noun

web(???) • (webu) 

1. the Internet

   web(???)?(???)???(????)???

   webu-j? de k?kai sareta

   made public online

   web(???)??(????)

   webu-bangumi

   online program

Usage notes

• Capitalization may follow English conventions.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English webb.

Noun

web

1. Alternative form of webbe (“woven fabric, web”)

Etymology 2

From Old English webba.

Noun

web

1. Alternative form of webbe (“weaver”)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English web.

Noun

web f (uncountable)

1. the World Wide Web

   Synonyms: rede, Internet, net

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English web.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?web/, [?we??]

• IPA^(key): /??web/, [??we??]

Noun

web f (uncountable)

1. (computing) web (Internet)
2. (computing) webpage, website

Derived terms

• cámara web
• navegador web
• página web
• sitio web

References

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

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian webb, from Proto-Germanic *wabj?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?p/

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