Definition
gossamers
noun
- Plural of gossamer; fine, delicate, sheer fabric or material.
- Plural of gossamer; thin, filmy strands of spider silk, especially those seen floating in the air on calm mornings.
- Plural of gossamer; something extremely delicate, insubstantial, or fleeting.
Usage: figurative
Examples
- The bride wore a dress made of delicate gossamers that floated as she walked.
- On autumn mornings, gossamers draped the garden fence like nature's lace.
- The dancer's costume was constructed from layers of shimmering gossamers.
- Their friendship felt as fragile as gossamers in the wind.
- The artist used gossamers to create an ethereal effect in the stage design.
- Dewdrops clung to the gossamers spun between the branches.