Tourmaline

Definition

thistledown /'θÇsldaƱn/ n [U] ဆူးေလမိႈ႕။ as light as thistledown.

Examples

1. ‘It's fitting that thistledown
2. which provides Gilmore with an increasingly significant image over the years
3. should be the subject of one poem.’
4. ‘You could
5. of course
6. write a thesis about Wodehouse but the endeavour would be like trying to preserve thistledown between sheet glass.’
7. ‘My favourite plant
8. lavender
9. is something of a delicacy for goldfinches - when they've finished all the thistledown
10. that is.’
11. ‘Like thistledown
12. she floats from one position to another
13. scarcely aware of him yet somehow connected
14. even dependent.’