Associations to the word «Gossamer»
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Wiktionary
GOSSAMER, noun. A fine film or strand as of cobwebs, floating in the air or caught on bushes, etc.
GOSSAMER, noun. A soft, sheer fabric.
GOSSAMER, noun. Anything delicate, light and flimsy.
GOSSAMER, adjective. Tenuous, light, filmy or delicate.
GOSSAMER SPIDER, noun. Any small or young spider that spins webs by which to sail in the air.
GOSSAMER SPIDERS, noun. Plural of gossamer spider
Dictionary definition
GOSSAMER, noun. A gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture.
GOSSAMER, noun. Filaments from a web that was spun by a spider.
GOSSAMER, adjective. Characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing".
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".
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