gos·sa·mer (g s  -mr)n. 1. A soft sheer gauzy fabric. 2. Something delicate, light, or flimsy. 3. A fine film of cobwebs often seen floating in the air or caught on bushes or grass. adj. Sheer, light, delicate, or tenuous. See Synonyms at airy. [Middle English gossomer : gos, goose; see goose + somer, summer (probably from the abundance of gossamer during early autumn when geese are in season); see summer1.] gos sa·mer·y adj. |
gossamer [ˈgɒsəmə]
n
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a gauze or silk fabric of the very finest texture
2. a filmy cobweb often seen on foliage or floating in the air
3. anything resembling gossamer in fineness or filminess
4. (modifier) made of or resembling gossamer gossamer wings
[C14 (in the sense: a filmy cobweb): probably from gos goose1 + somer summer1; the phrase refers to St Martin's summer, a period in November when goose was traditionally eaten; from the prevalence of the cobweb in the autumn; compare German Gänsemonat, literally: goosemonth, used for November]
gossamery adj
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | gossamer - a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture |
| 2. |  gossamer - filaments from a web that was spun by a spider | |
| Adj. | 1. | gossamer - characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing" delicate - exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury; "a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a delicate flavor"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly" |
| 2. |  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, see-through, vaporous, vapourous, transparent, sheer thin - of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint" |
gossamer
Translations
gossamer [ˈgɒsəməʳ] n (fabric) → garza, mussolina; (cobweb) → filo di ragnatela
gossamer [ˈgɒsəməʳ] n (fabric) → garza, mussolina; (cobweb) → filo di ragnatela
gossamer [ˈgɒsəməʳ] n (fabric) → garza, mussolina; (cobweb) → filo di ragnatela
n gossamer [ˈgosəmə]
the fine threads made by a spider which float in the air or lie on bushes. spinnerak خيوط رقيقه من خيوط العنكبوت паяжина babí léto spindelvæv der Altweibersommer ιστός αράχνης hilos de telaraña härmalõng تار عنکبوت hämähäkinseitti fils de la Vierge קוּר הַעַכָּבִיש मकड़ी का सूक्ष्म जाला tanka paučina, bablje ljeto ökörnyál benang labah-labah örfínn kóngulóarvefur eða –þráður ragnatela くもの糸 고사마(공중에 뜬 잔 거미줄) voratinklis tīmeklis sarang labah-labah spinrag; herfstdraad spindelvev babie lato teia funigei осенняя паутинка pavučina babje leto; gaza, tenka tkanina paučina spindelväv[] เยื่อบาง ๆ ince örümcek ağı 蛛絲 осіннє павутиння مکڑی کا جالا tơ nhện 蛛丝
adj
like gossamer a blouse of a gossamer material. gaasagtige شبيه بخيوط العنكبوت фина материя pavučinkový, tenoučký, lehoučký spindelvævstynd leicht αραχνοΰφαντος gasa fina habras سبک وتوری مانند seitinohut arachnéen דַקִיק כְּקוּר मकड़ी का सूक्ष्म जाला koprenasta tkanina finom fátyolszövet kain halus næfurþunnur sottilissimo 薄くて軽い 가는 거미줄 같은 plonas kaip voratinklis tīmeklim līdzīgs; viegls un plāns nipis uiterst fijn spindelvevaktig, florlett cieńki i delikatny gaze subţire (ca pânza de păianjen) прозрачный jemný, pavučinový lahek, prosojen koprenasta tkanina spindelvävstunn, flortunn, skir บอบบาง (örümcek ağı gibi) ince, tül gibi 輕薄的 легкий; прозорий نازک جھلی نما mỏng nhẹ như tơ nhện 轻而薄的
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