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

1. noun. 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. noun. Any very thin gauzelike fabric; also, a thin waterproof stuff.
3. noun. An outer garment, made of waterproof gossamer.
4. noun. filaments from a web that was spun by a spider

   Synonyms: cobweb

5. noun. a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
6. adjective. characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy

   "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"

   "gossamer shading through his playing"

   Synonyms: ethereal

7. adjective. so thin as to transmit light

   "a hat with a diaphanous veil"

   "filmy wings of a moth"

   Synonyms: cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous

Synonyms

cobweb, ethereal, cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous

Common word forms

gossamers, gossamered

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