gossamer English

Meaning gossamer meaning

What does gossamer mean?

gossamer

— adjective (= ethereal) characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy this smallest and most ethereal of birds gossamer shading through his playing

— noun a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture

— noun (= cobweb) filaments from a web that was spun by a spider

— adjective (= diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, sheer, transparent, vaporous) 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

Synonyms gossamer synonyms

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gossamer English » English

cobweb

gauzy

gauze

spider web

filmy

cobwebby

web

vapourous

vaporous

transparent

sheer

see-through

gauze-like

diaphanous

spider’s web

spider silk

filament

ethereal

weak-willed

veiling

translucent

tissue

thin

staple

spiderweb

silky

semitransparent

semiopaque

pliant

lucid

frail

floss silk

flimsy

face veil

delicate gauze

clear

chiffon

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