gossamer
English Thesaurus
1. filaments from a web that was spun by a spider (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | fibril, filament, strand, |
| definition | : | a very slender natural or synthetic fiber (noun.substance) |
2. a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | gauze, netting, veiling, |
| definition | : | a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave (noun.artifact) |
3. characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy (adj.all)
| similar | : | delicate, |
| definition | : | exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury (adj.all) |
4. so thin as to transmit light (adj.all)
| similar | : | thin, |
| definition | : | of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section (adj.all) |
5. filaments from a web that was spun by a spider (noun.artifact)
6. characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy (adj.all)
| derivation | : | cobweb, gossamer, |
| definition | : | filaments from a web that was spun by a spider (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | gossamer, |
| definition | : | a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture (noun.artifact) |
7. so thin as to transmit light (adj.all)
| derivation | : | cobweb, |
| definition | : | a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | film, plastic film, |
| definition | : | a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | gauze, netting, veiling, |
| definition | : | a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | transparence, transparency, |
| definition | : | permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation (noun.phenomenon) |
8. filaments from a web that was spun by a spider (noun.artifact)
9. characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy (adj.all)
| derivation | : | cobweb, gossamer, |
| definition | : | filaments from a web that was spun by a spider (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | gossamer, |
| definition | : | a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture (noun.artifact) |
10. so thin as to transmit light (adj.all)
| derivation | : | cobweb, |
| definition | : | a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | film, plastic film, |
| definition | : | a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | gauze, netting, veiling, |
| definition | : | a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | transparence, transparency, |
| definition | : | permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation (noun.phenomenon) |
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