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cobwebby
adj 3
Collocations
3ADJ.
dark
COBWEBBY + NOUN
ganymede
PREP.
with
Definitions
adj
1
Having many cobwebs.
Off this landing and over the studio was a dark cobwebby place, tangled with wiring, plumbing, ventilation and mystery.
2
Resembling a cobweb or cobwebs.
[…] wonderful images of […] the cobwebby features of Ganymede […]
3
Old or dated.
As for changing the TV landscape, almost every programme it screened from 8pm until the early hours in the week beginning 11 August was either a repeat of one of its original transmissions or a re-run of cobwebby sitcoms and dramas it has bought from established terrestrial networks.
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Synonyms
adjective — so thin as to transmit light
- diaphanous
- filmy
- gauzy
- gauze-like
- gossamer
- see-through
- sheer
- transparent
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
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Off this landing and over the studio was a dark cobwebby place, tangled with wiring, plumbing, ventilation and mystery.
Wiktionary02
[…] wonderful images of […] the cobwebby features of Ganymede […]
Wiktionary03
As for changing the TV landscape, almost every programme it screened from 8pm until the early hours in the week beginning 11 August was either a repeat of one of its original transmissions or a re-run
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