An entanglement, we note (3)
I believe the answer is:
web
'an entanglement' is the definition.
(I know that entanglement can be written as web)
'we note' is the wordplay.
'note' becomes 'b' (musical note).
'we'+'b'='WEB'
(Other definitions for web that I've seen before include "Tangle" , "The worldwide one is a computer network" , "Spider's network" , "Insect trap" , "Internet site for spider?" .)