Definition: filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
Synonyms: gossamer
Definition: a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
Similar words: gauze, netting, veiling
Definition: a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
Definition: characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
Usage: this smallest and most ethereal of birds; gossamer shading through his playing
Similar words: delicate
Definition: exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury
Usage: a delicate violin passage; delicate china; a delicate flavor; the delicate wing of a butterfly
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: thin
Definition: of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
Usage: thin wire; a thin chiffon blouse; a thin book; a thin layer of paint