Definitions for gossamer
Overview of noun gossamer
The noun gossamer has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. gossamer
(a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture)
2. cobweb, gossamer
(filaments from a web that was spun by a spider)
Overview of adj gossamer
The adj gossamer has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (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")
