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webbing

/ˈwɛbɪŋ/
/ˈwɛbɪŋ/
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Other forms: webbings

Webbing can refer to the stretchy skin between a frog's fingers that helps it glide through water, or the tough fabric in your backpack straps that keeps everything secure.

In nature, webbing is the thin, elastic skin between the toes of animals like ducks and frogs, giving them the ability to swim like pros. When it comes to man-made materials, webbing is a strong, woven material used by humans in everything from seatbelts to camping gear. This man-made webbing provides the strength and flexibility needed to keep things safely in place, just like nature's version does for swimming animals.

Definitions of webbing
  1. noun
    something forming a web (as between the toes of birds)
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    type of:
    web
    an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
  2. noun
    a strong fabric woven in strips
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    type of:
    cloth, fabric, material, textile
    artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
  3. noun
    a narrow closely woven tape; used in upholstery or for seat belts
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    tape
    a long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening
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