Definition: filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
Main entry: gossamer
Definition: a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
Main entry: ethereal, gossamer
Definition: characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
Usage: this smallest and most ethereal of birds; gossamer shading through his playing
Main entry: diaphanous, gossamer, vaporous, vapourous, transparent, cobwebby, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, see-through, sheer
Definition: so thin as to transmit light
Usage: 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