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definitions
gossamer (adj.)
1.characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy"this smallest and most ethereal of birds" "gossamer shading through his playing"
2.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"
gossamer (n.)
1.filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
2.a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
Merriam Webster
GossamerGos"sa*mer (?), n. [OE. gossomer, gossummer, gosesomer, perh. for goose summer, from its downy appearance, or perh. for God's summer, cf. G. mariengarr gossamer, properly Mary's yarn, in allusion to the Virgin Mary. Perhaps the E. word alluded to a legend that the gossamer was the remnant of the Virgin Mary's winding sheet, which dropped from her when she was taken up to heaven. For the use of summer in the sense of film or threads, cf. G. Mädchensommer, Altweibersommer, fliegender Sommer, all meaning, gossamer.]
1. 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.
2. Any very thin gauzelike fabric; also, a thin waterproof stuff.
3. An outer garment, made of waterproof gossamer.
Gossamer spider (Zoöl.), any small or young spider which spins webs by which to sail in the air. See Ballooning spider.
synonyms
gossamer (adj.)
cobwebby, delicate, diaphanous, ethereal, filmy, fine, fine as gossamer, flimsy, gauze-like, gauzy, light as gossamer, see-through, sheer, thin, thin as gossamer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, pellucid (old)
see also
gossamer (adj.)
↘ clarity, cleanness, transparence, transparency, transparentness ↗ spider
phrases
Gossamer (Looney Tunes) • Gossamer (novel) • Gossamer Albatross • Gossamer Condor • Gossamer Penguin • Gossamer Wump • MacCready Gossamer Albatross • MacCready Gossamer Condor • The Flight of the Gossamer Condor • The Gossamer Journal • The Gossamer Project • The Gossamer Years • Veil of Gossamer
analogical dictionary
relatif à (fr)[Classe...]
spider[ClasseHyper.]
animal qui lance ou injecte du venin (fr)[ClasseParExt.]
chose ou personne qui tendent des pièges (fr)[ClasseParExt.]
arachnid, arachnoid[Hyper.]
Araneae, Araneida, order Araneae, order Araneida[membre]
arachnidian, arachnoid, spiderlike, spiderly, spidery[Dérivé]
relatif à un animal (fr)[Classe...]
gillnet, spider[Rel.App.]
gossamer (adj.)
delicate[Similaire]
gossamer (adj.)
impur - pur (fr)[ClasseOppos.]
se dit de qqch (fr)[Classe...]
pureté de la matière (fr)[Thème]
(transparence; transparency)[Thème]
(liquor; fluid; liquid)[Thème]
opaque - transparent (fr)[Caract.]
chose matérielle (fr)[DomaineDescription]
qualificatif de sensation visuelle (fr)[DomainRegistre]
slenderness, tenuity, thinness - lightly, thinly - thickness[Dérivé]
thick[Ant.]
pur (fr)[Classe]
transparent (fr)[Classe]
(transparence; transparency)[Caract.]
qualificatif d'un liquide (fr)[DomaineDescription]
quality[Domaine]
ShapeAttribute[Domaine]
thin[Similaire]
gossamer (adj.)
structure anatomique en forme de fil (fr)[Classe]
fibre (anatomie) (fr)[Classe]
(tearing out), (root)[termes liés]
biology[Domaine]
CorpuscularObject[Domaine]
fiber, fibre[Hyper.]
filamentlike, filamentous, filiform, threadlike, thready[Dérivé]
delicate[Similaire]
fibril, fibrilla, filament, strand[Hyper.]
ethereal, gossamer[Dérivé]
gossamer (n.)
grid, mesh, meshing, meshwork, net, network[Hyper.]
delicate[Similaire]
gauze, netting, veiling[Hyper.]
ethereal, gossamer[Dérivé]
gossamer (n.)
Wikipedia
Gossamer
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Look up gossamer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
Gossamer commonly refers to:
- Gossamer (spider silk), very fine spider silk used for ballooning or kiting by various species of spiders
- Gossamer (fabric), very light, sheer, gauze-like fabric
Gossamer may also refer to:
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Technology
- Gossamer Condor, the first human-powered aircraft capable of controlled and sustained flight
- Gossamer Albatross, a human-powered aircraft built by American aeronautical engineer Dr. Paul B. MacCready's AeroVironment
- The code name of the motherboard used in first-generation Apple G3 Macs
Music, literature and television
- The Gossamer Years, an English title for the Japanese classical work of literature Kagerō Nikki
- Gossamer (novel), a 2006 novel by Lois Lowry
- Gossamer, a 1995 short story by Stephen Baxter in his collection Vacuum Diagrams and The Hard SF Renaissance anthology
- Gossamer (Looney Tunes), a character in the Looney Tunes cartoons
- The Gossamer Project or Gossamer Archive, a large X-Files fan fiction archive
- "Gossamer", a song by The Smashing Pumpkins from the tour for Zeitgeist but not released on the album
- "The Gossamer Strand", an instrumental song by Deadsoul Tribe from the album A Lullaby for the Devil
- "Gossamer Thread", a song by David Gray from the album Foundling
- Gossamer (album), by Passion Pit
Other uses
- Lycaenidae, a family of butterflies with gossamer wings, also called gossamer-winged butterflies
- Gossamer, a golden ale produced by the Half Acre Beer Company in Chicago
- The gossamer rings of Jupiter
See also
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