gossamer

Meanings

• a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
• filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
• characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
  • "gossamer shading through his playing"
• so thin as to transmit light
  • "gossamer cobwebs"

Synonyms

cobweb, cobwebby, diaphanous, ethereal, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous