Noun
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filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
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a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
Adjective
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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"
- gauze like - see through - vapourous -
characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
"this smallest and most ethereal of birds"
"gossamer shading through his playing"