Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gauze-like
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]