gossamer
noun
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
Types & categories
- netting hypernym
Related & opposite
- gossamer derivation
Sense 2 adjective
characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
this smallest and most ethereal of birds
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
Types & categories
- filament hypernym
Related & opposite
- gossamer derivation
Sense 4 adjective
so thin as to transmit light
a hat with a diaphanous veil
Related & opposite
- cobweb derivation
- plastic film derivation
- netting derivation
- transparentness derivation
- transparency derivation
- thin similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | gossamer |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | netting |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cobweb |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | gossamer |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | delicate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | gossamer |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | filament |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | cobweb |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | plastic film |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | netting |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | transparentness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | transparency |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | thin |