WEBBING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does webbing mean? 

• WEBBING (noun)
  The noun WEBBING has 3 senses:

1. something forming a web (as between the toes of birds)

2. a narrow closely woven tape; used in upholstery or for seat belts

3. a strong fabric woven in strips

  Familiarity information: WEBBING used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WEBBING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something forming a web (as between the toes of birds)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("webbing" is a kind of...):

web (an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A narrow closely woven tape; used in upholstery or for seat belts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("webbing" is a kind of...):

tape (a long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A strong fabric woven in strips

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("webbing" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

Derivation:

web (construct or form a web, as if by weaving)

 Context examples 

Clinical signs of the symmetrical form are identical to those of Turner syndrome and include bilateral webbing of the neck and edema of the extremities.

(Bonnevie-Ullrich Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

This syndrome that was originally observed by Ullrich, and designated as identical to TURNER SYNDROME, related the webbing of the neck, loose skin and other anomalies of the syndrome to accumulation of fluid in the embryo starting at the head and dispersing to the extremities (as observed by Bonnevie in mice).

(Bonnevie-Ullrich Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)