gossamer

Gossamer – Word of the Day

Tuba Mansoor
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/ˈɡɒsəmə/

Meaning

  • a light, thin, and insubstantial or delicate material or substance.
  • a fine, filmy substance consisting of cobwebs spun by small spiders, seen especially in autumn.

Sample Sentences

  • That gossamer voice is as seductive as ever.
  • The materials which can be made translucent include gossamer, silk, rayon or nylon.

Related words

ultra-fine, fine, diaphanous, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer-thin, gossamer-like, gossamery, delicate, filmy, floaty, chiffony, cobwebby, feathery, silky, silken, wispy, thin, light, lightweight, insubstantial, papery, flimsy, frail;

Further Reading

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gossamer

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gossamer

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