GOSSAMER
\ɡˈɒsəmə], \ɡˈɒsəmə], \ɡ_ˈɒ_s_ə_m_ə]\
Definitions of GOSSAMER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
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characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing"
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a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
By Princeton University
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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"
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characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing"
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a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A fine, filmy substance, like cobwebs, floating in the air, in calm, clear weather, especially in autumn. It is seen in stubble fields and on furze or low bushes, and is formed by small spiders.
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Any very thin gauzelike fabric; also, a thin waterproof stuff.
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An outer garment, made of waterproof gossamer.
By Oddity Software
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A fine, filmy substance, like cobwebs, floating in the air, in calm, clear weather, especially in autumn. It is seen in stubble fields and on furze or low bushes, and is formed by small spiders.
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Any very thin gauzelike fabric; also, a thin waterproof stuff.
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An outer garment, made of waterproof gossamer.
By Noah Webster.
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A very fine spider's web which floats in the air; a very thin, soft, filmy, strong gauze; an outer garment made of waterproof material.
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Very thin; filmsy; gauzy.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Thin and light; flimsy.
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An exceedingly fine web of spider's silk that may float in the air.
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A fine gauze; a thin water proof outer garment.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The fine long filaments formed by a small spider, found floating in the air in calm clear weather in autumn; anything unsubstantial or flimsy.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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