Defenition of the word gossamer

• Defenition of the word gossamer

  • filaments from a cobweb
  • 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"
  • characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing"
  • an extremely fine-textured silky fabric
  • a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
  • filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
  • characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
  • so thin as to transmit light

Synonyms for the word gossamer

• • cobweb
  • cobwebby
  • delicate
  • diaphanous
  • ethereal
  • filmy
  • flimsy
  • gauzy
  • see-through
  • sheer
  • transparent
  • vaporous

Similar words in the gossamer

• • delicate
  • gossamer
  • gossamer's
  • thin

Hypernyms for the word gossamer

• • fibril
  • filament
  • gauze
  • netting
  • strand
  • veiling

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