Dictionary Entry
gossamer
gossamer is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
Any very thin gauzelike fabric; also, a thin waterproof stuff.
- 3noun
An outer garment, made of waterproof gossamer.
- 4noun
filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
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- 5noun
a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
- 6adjective
characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
"this smallest and most ethereal of birds"
"gossamer shading through his playing"
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- 7adjective
so thin as to transmit light
"a hat with a diaphanous veil"
"filmy wings of a moth"
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