1. gossamer - noun
· a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
Hypernym(s): gauze, netting, veiling
2. gossamer - noun
· filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
Synonym(s): cobweb
Hypernym(s): fibril, filament, strand
3. gossamer - adjective
· characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing"
Synonym(s): ethereal
4. gossamer - adjective
· 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"
Synonym(s): diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby
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