gossamer als zelfstandig naamwoord: - 1
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als bijvoeglijk naamwoord: - 1
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gossamer
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 gossamer
A gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture.
Roget 205:
filament,
line;
fiber,
fibril;
funicle†,
vein;
hair,
capillament†,
cilium,
cilia,
pilus,
pili;
tendril,
gossamer;
hair stroke;
veinlet†,
venula†,
venule†.
wire,
string,
thread,
packthread,
cotton,
sewing silk,
twine,
twist,
whipcord,
tape,
ribbon,
cord,
rope,
yarn,
hemp,
oakum,
jute.
strip,
shred,
slip,
spill,
list,
band,
fillet,
fascia,
ribbon,
riband,
roll,
lath,
splinter,
shiver,
shaving.
beard
etc.
(roughness)
256;
ramification;
strand.
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Nederlands: delikaat, ragfijn weefsel
2 gossamer
Filaments from a web that was spun by a spider.
synoniem: cobweb.
Roget 320:
levity;
lightness
etc.
adj.;
imponderability,
buoyancy,
volatility.
feather,
dust,
mote,
down,
thistle,
down,
flue,
cobweb,
gossamer,
straw,
cork,
bubble,
balloon;
float,
buoy;
ether,
air.
leaven,
ferment,
barm†,
yeast.
lighter-than-air balloon,
helium balloon,
hydrogen balloon,
hot air balloon.
convection,
thermal draft,
thermal.
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Nederlands: netdraad
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
1 gossamer
Characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy:
— Gossamer shading through his playing.
synoniem: ethereal.
Roget 203:
narrow,
close;
slender,
thin,
fine;
thread-like
etc.
(filament)
205;
finespun†,
gossamer;
paper-thin;
taper,
slim,
slight-made;
scant,
scanty;
spare,
delicate,
incapacious†;
contracted
etc.
195;
unexpanded
etc.
(expand)
etc.
194†;
slender as a thread.
[in reference to people or animals]
emaciated,
lean,
meager,
gaunt,
macilent†;
lank,
lanky;
weedy,
skinny;
scrawny slinky [U.S.];
starved,
starveling;
herring gutted;
worn to a shadow,
lean as a rake
[Chaucer];
thin as a lath,
thin as a whipping post,
thin as a wafer;
hatchet-faced;
lantern-jawed.
attenuated,
shriveled,
extenuated,
tabid†,
marcid†,
barebone,
rawboned.
monomolecular.
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2 gossamer
So thin as to transmit light:
— Gossamer cobwebs.
synoniemen: cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous.
Pools: przeźroczysty, prześwitujący, przezroczysty
Moby betekeniswoordenboek: air, airy, animal fiber, artificial fiber, attenuate, attenuated, boyish, bubble, cambric tea, capillament, chaff, chip, cilium, cirrus, clear, clear as crystal, cobweb, cork, crystal, crystal-clear, crystalline, dainty, delicate, denier, diaphane, diaphanous, diluted, dishwater, down, downy, dust, ether, ethereal, fairy, feather, fiber, fibrilla, filament, filamentule, filmy, fine, fine-drawn, fine-grained, finespun, flagellum, flimsy, flue, fluff, fluffy, foam, frail, froth, fuzz, fuzzy, gauzy, girlish, gossamery, gracile, gruel, hair, hank, house of cards, insubstantial, lacy, light, light-pervious, limpid, lucid, matchwood, milk and water, misty, mote, nonopaque, papery, peekaboo, pellucid, pubescent, rare, rarefied, reed, refined, revealing, rope of sand, sand castle, satin, satiny, see-through, sheer, silky, skein, slender, slenderish, slight, slight-made, slim, slimmish, slinky, small, smooth, sponge, spume, strand, straw, subtle, suture, svelte, sylphlike, tendril, tenuous, thin, thin-bodied, thin-set, thin-spun, thinnish, thistledown, thread, threadlet, threadlike, transparent, transpicuous, unclouded, vague, velutinous, velvety, wasp-waisted, water, watered, watered-down, watery, weak, web, willowy, wiredrawn, wispy ... meer laten zien.
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