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gossamer in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
    cobweb  gossamer 
  2. a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
    gossamer 
adjective
  1. 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"
    diaphanous  filmy  gauzy  gauze-like  gossamer  see-through  sheer  transparent  vaporous  vapourous  cobwebby 
  2. characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
    "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing"
    ethereal  gossamer 
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