Definitions

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

Etymologies

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web +‎ work

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Examples

  • The sometimes-missing backgrounds (mostly when characters are talking indoors) are typical of webwork, but the strong character design makes up for them, and each new or significant setting is drawn appropriately.

    *The Night Owls — Recommended » Comics Worth Reading 2010

  • Miles had his eyes half closed, squinting up at the webwork iron structure of the ferris wheel.

    Terror in Tivoli « Official Harry Harrison News Blog 2009

  • If there had ever been mattresses on them, they were gone now, leaving only a slightly rusted webwork behind.

    Vicious Grace M.L.N. Hanover 2010

  • Friday is the best day of the week for me; Friday is a day jam-crammed with duty that ends with my great fun night of webwork and site design and movie-watching.

    Wednesday, March 17 – The Bleat. 2010

  • Ahead, through the webwork of shadows, she saw that the passageway turned sharply.

    Nevermore Kelly Creagh 2010

  • If there had ever been mattresses on them, they were gone now, leaving only a slightly rusted webwork behind.

    Vicious Grace M.L.N. Hanover 2010

  • The alien ecosculpting platform was already slowly moving out of orbit, pulled toward its date with destiny by the complicated webwork of coruscating tractor beams that each ship in the recon flotilla was generating in tandem operation.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010

  • Friday is the best day of the week for me; Friday is a day jam-crammed with duty that ends with my great fun night of webwork and site design and movie-watching.

    March – 2010 – The Bleat. 2010

  • Ahead, through the webwork of shadows, she saw that the passageway turned sharply.

    Nevermore Kelly Creagh 2010

  • Friday is the best day of the week for me; Friday is a day jam-crammed with duty that ends with my great fun night of webwork and site design and movie-watching.

    16 – March – 2010 – The Bleat. 2010

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