gŏs'ə-mər
spiderweb
A web made by a spider
sheer nylon
Thin cloth
thick (related)
(Informal) Very friendly; intimate:
Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies.
Spiritual or otherworldly.
so thin as to transmit light
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That can be seen through; more or less transparent or translucent
Resembling a cobweb.
silken (related)
diaphanous (related)
wispy (related)
gauzy (related)
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(Botany) Growing or borne above the ground or water:
A slender, coiling plant part, often a modified leaf or leaf part, that helps support the stem of some climbing angiosperms by clinging to or winding around an object. Peas, squash, and grapes produce tendrils.
Any very thin, light, transparent, loosely woven material, as of cotton or silk
Any of the distinct structural materials of an organism, having a particular function
A sheer, lightweight fabric of silk, nylon, etc.
sheer silk
Thin cloth
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opaque (antonym)
Impenetrable by light; neither transparent nor translucent.
coarse (antonym)
Consisting of large particles; not fine in texture:
Ethereal.
(Textiles) Very thin or transparent.
Easily seen through or detected; obvious:
Insubstantial, vague, or ethereal:
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filmy (related)
fiber (related)
The definition of a fiber is a thin, threadlike structure that combines to form animal or plant tissue, or a thin, threadlike structure made synthetically or from minerals.
thread (related)
The definition of thread is a fine line, streak or string.
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