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