spider

/ˈspaɪ.dɚ/

nounspi · der

Think: “SPY + DER”—a spider is like a tiny spy that hides in dark corners.

Yes, it's spider. The tricky part is the long i sound: it’s spelled with “i” in spi- (spi-der), not “y.”

Definitions

  1. nounA small animal with eight legs that spins webs and catches insects.
  2. nounAny of various devices with long, thin legs or arms that resemble a spider (such as a kitchen utensil used to lift food from hot liquid).

Examples

  • “A spider built a web in the corner of the window.”
  • “We watched the spider crawl across the porch railing.”
  • “He used a spider to lift the noodles out of the boiling water.”

Synonyms

arachnidorb-weaverdaddy longlegstarantulaweb-spinner

Translations

ES arañaPT aranhaFR araignée

Common misspellings

spidarspidrespiterspyderspiederspidderspiderhspiderr

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