Gauze-like (Adjective)
Meaning
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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The gauze-like material of the old curtains filtered the sunlight streaming through the window.
- Her dress had gauze-like layers of tulle underneath that gave it a delicate, ethereal quality.
- The artist painted a scene with gauze-like mist hovering above the landscape.
- A spider spun a gauze-like web in the corner of the room, catching dust and stray flies.
- In the evening, the trees were shrouded in gauze-like fog, making the world feel mysterious and still.