gossamer

15 06 2009

Nouns
1. (n.) gossamer;
  - a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture;

2. (n.) cobweb, gossamer;
  - filaments from a web that was spun by a spider;

Adjectives
1. (adj.) ethereal, gossamer;
  - characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy;
  - “this smallest and most ethereal of birds”; “gossamer shading through his playing”;

2. (adj.) cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous;
  - so thin as to transmit light;
  - “a hat with a diaphanous veil”; “filmy wings of a moth”; “gauzy clouds of dandelion down”; “gossamer cobwebs”; “sheer silk stockings”; “transparent chiffon”; “vaporous silks”;







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