gossamer

• gossamer

gossamer

Noun

a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture

Synonyms:

• gossamer

Noun

filaments from a web that was spun by a spider

Synonyms:

• cobweb
• gossamer

Adjective

characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing"

Synonyms:

• ethereal
• 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"

Synonyms:

• diaphanous
• filmy
• gauzy
• gauze-like
• gossamer
• see-through
• sheer
• transparent
• vaporous
• vapourous
• cobwebby