Adjective gossamer has 2 senses
- ethereal, gossamer - characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing"
Antonym: rugged (indirect, via delicate)
- diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, 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"
Antonym: thick (indirect, via thin)
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Noun gossamer has 2 senses
- gossamer - a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
--1 is a kind of gauze, netting, veiling
- cobweb, gossamer - filaments from a cobweb
--2 is a kind of fibril, filament, strand
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