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Meaning of gossamer

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  gossamer
      adj 1: characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this
             smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading
             through his playing" [syn: {ethereal}, {gossamer}]
      2: 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" [syn: {diaphanous}, {filmy},
         {gauzy}, {gauze-like}, {gossamer}, {see-through}, {sheer},
         {transparent}, {vaporous}, {vapourous}, {cobwebby}]
      n 1: a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
      2: filaments from a web that was spun by a spider [syn:
         {cobweb}, {gossamer}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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