| ADJECTIVE | all | gossamer, ethereal | characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy |
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| all | gossamer, diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby | so thin as to transmit light | |
| NOUN | artifact | gossamer | a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture / texture |
| artifact | gossamer, cobweb | filaments from a web that was spun by a spider |
| Sounds | gaa'sahmer | |
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| Rhymes | Amor ... Zimmer: 100 rhymes with mer... | |
| Meaning | Characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy. | |
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| Example | "gossamer shading through his playing" | |
| Synonym | ethereal | |
| Broader | delicate | exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing |
| Spanish | etéreo | |
| Nouns | gossamer | a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture / texture |
| gossamer | filaments from a web that was spun by a spider | |
| Meaning | So thin as to transmit light. | |
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| Example | "gossamer cobwebs" | |
| Synonyms | diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby | |
| Broader | thin | Of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section |
| Spanish | diáfano, transparente | |
| Catalan | transparent | |
| Meaning | A gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture / texture. | |
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| Broader | gauze, netting, veiling | A net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave |
| Spanish | gasa sutil | |
| Adjectives | gossamer | characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy |
| Meaning | filaments from a web that was spun by a spider. | |
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| Synonym | cobweb | |
| Broader | fibril, filament, strand | A very slender natural or synthetic fiber |
| Spanish | hilos de telaraña, tela de araña | |
| Catalan | fils de teranyina | |
| Adjectives | gossamer | characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy |
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