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gossamer::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ethereal |
gossamer shading through his playing.
gossamer::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous |
gossamer cobwebs.
Examples of gossamer
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He never loses grip of material draped with gossamer-thin layers of class envy.
From the washingtontimes.com
My favourite is a sweetbread ravioli in a gossamer pastry topped with truffle.
From the guardian.co.uk
Mounting it on this scale turns out to be a bit like spinning gossamer into Dacron.
From the theater.nytimes.com
In the gossamer realm of advertising, Burnett sometimes seemed too real to be real.
From the time.com
It is as light as the mist and as fine as gossamer, weighing a mere 49 grams.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Their architects envisioned their pavilions as gossamer porches for public lounging.
From the philly.com
The extremely fine silk used by spiders for ballooning is known as gossamer.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It's an exquisite album as fine as gossamer and as strong as eternal love.
From the online.wsj.com
She wore a strapless black dress that accentuated her curves and a gossamer red wrap.
From the freep.com
- A gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
- Ethereal: characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing"
- Cobweb: filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
- Diaphanous: 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"
- Gossamer is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. The character is a hairy, orange monster. ...
- Gossamer (2006) is a novel with elements of both fantasy and realism for young adults by Lois Lowry.
- A fine film or strand as of cobwebs, floating in the air or caught on bushes etc; A soft, sheer fabric; Anything delicate, light and flimsy; Tenuous, light, filmy or delicate
- (gossamers) fine threads or webs of silk
- A gossamer is a very light, sheer, gauze-like fabric, popular for white wedding dresses and decorations.
