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gossamer
Overview of noun gossamer
The noun gossamer has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. gossamer -- (a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture)
2. cobweb, gossamer -- (filaments from a web that was spun by a spider)
Overview of adj gossamer
The adj gossamer has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) ethereal, gossamer -- (characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing")
2. diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby -- (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")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gossamer
2 senses of gossamer
Sense 1
gossamer
=> gauze, netting, veiling
=> net, network, mesh, meshing, meshwork
=> fabric, cloth, material, textile
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
cobweb, gossamer
=> fibril, filament, strand
=> fiber, fibre
=> material, stuff
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun gossamer
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gossamer
2 senses of gossamer
Sense 1
gossamer
=> gauze, netting, veiling
Sense 2
cobweb, gossamer
=> fibril, filament, strand
Antonyms of noun gossamer
Member Holonyms of noun gossamer
Substance Holonyms of noun gossamer
Part Holonyms of noun gossamer
Member Meronyms of noun gossamer
Substance Meronyms of noun gossamer
Part Meronyms of noun gossamer
Meronyms of noun gossamer
Holonyms of noun gossamer
Attributes of noun gossamer
Derived Forms of noun gossamer
Domain of noun gossamer
Domain Terms of noun gossamer
Familiarity of noun gossamer
gossamer used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun gossamer
2 senses of gossamer
Sense 1
gossamer
> gauze, netting, veiling
=> cheesecloth
=> gossamer
Sense 2
cobweb, gossamer
> fibril, filament, strand
=> barb
=> cobweb, gossamer
=> chromatid
=> myofibril, myofibrilla, sarcostyle
=> rhizoid
=> hypha
=> paraphysis
Meronyms of noun gossamer
2 senses of gossamer
Sense 1
gossamer
=> gauze, netting, veiling
=> net, network, mesh, meshing, meshwork
HAS PART: backbone
=> fabric, cloth, material, textile
HAS SUBSTANCE: warp
HAS SUBSTANCE: woof, weft, filling, pick
HAS PART: edging
HAS PART: hem
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 2
cobweb, gossamer
=> fibril, filament, strand
=> fiber, fibre
HAS SUBSTANCE: cellulose
Holonyms of noun gossamer
Grep of noun gossamer
gossamer
Antonyms of adj gossamer
2 senses of gossamer
Sense 1
ethereal, gossamer
INDIRECT (VIA delicate) -> rugged
Sense 2
diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby
INDIRECT (VIA thin) -> thick
Similarity of adj gossamer
2 senses of gossamer
Sense 1
ethereal, gossamer
=> delicate (vs. rugged)
Sense 2
diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby
=> thin (vs. thick)
Pertainyms of adj gossamer
Attributes of adj gossamer
Domain of adj gossamer
Domain Terms of adj gossamer
Familiarity of adj gossamer
gossamer used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj gossamer
gossamer
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