HyperDic: gauzy

English > 1 sense of the word gauzy:
ADJECTIVEallgauzy, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebbyso thin as to transmit light
English > gauzy: 1 sense > adjective 1
MeaningSo thin as to transmit light.
Example "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"
Synonymsdiaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby
BroaderthinOf relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
Spanishdiáfano, transparente
Catalantransparent
Nounsgauzea net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave

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