Overview of noun gossamer

The noun gossamer has 2 senses

• gossamer -- (a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture)


• cobweb, gossamer -- (filaments from a web that was spun by a spider)

Overview of adj gossamer

The adj gossamer has 2 senses

• ethereal, gossamer -- (characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing")


• diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, 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")