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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. so thin as to transmit light;
- Example: "a hat with a diaphanous veil"
- Example: "filmy wings of a moth"
- Example: "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"
- Example: "gossamer cobwebs"
- Example: "sheer silk stockings"
- Example: "transparent chiffon"
- Example: "vaporous silks"
[syn: diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby]

2. covered with cobwebs;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cobwebby \Cob"web`by\, a. Abounding in cobwebs, or any fine web; resembling a cobweb. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cobwebby adj 1: 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" [syn: diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby] 2: covered with cobwebs