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gossamer
nouns
a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
gossamer
is a type of (narrower)
a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
gauze,
netting,
veiling
filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
cobweb,
gossamer
adjectives
characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
"this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing"
ethereal,
gossamer
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"
cobwebby,
diaphanous,
filmy,
gauze-like,
gauzy,
gossamer,
see-through,
sheer,
transparent,
vaporous,
vapourous
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