silk
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- noun
- /sɪlk/
- The dress was made of luxurious red silk that felt soft against her skin.
- a silk dress
- wear silk
- silk from cocoons
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Watch on YouTubeAnd just like silkworms crate silk, humans create futures.
- And just like silkworms crate silk, humans create futures.
- He grabbed his gift and it is red silk underwear because why not?
- Silk worms will only create silk, never polyester.
- It was a huge producing region of cotton, silk, and of course, oil.
- It can be tempting to want to hold those silk ribbons tight in your hands.
- There's no note in here, and it's just like a silk sheet or cover.
- And I said if you get used to silk pyjamas and silk sheets.
- I'm trying this for the first time luminous silk cheek tint.
- This is tatches soothing eye cream, silk Peony, it's called.
- He got on his black silk, his dress shoes and everything.
- This one is Nudie Silk Teddy in Heaven and in a line.
Examples
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All silk producers extrude their silk through a fine hole, sometimes described as a spigot.
Academic text (1994) -
The upper classes on horseback wear the silk bonnet and top hat typical of their position.
Academic text (1992) -
And then this is a silk wall jersey.
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Material as light as silk.
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And I'm gonna buy you a nice, black silk dress, Mama.
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The other side is covered with red silk fabric, a shiny and warm color.
Academic text (1999) -
A black silk hat.
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I got dressed in my jeans and red silk blouse, my brown boots.
Fiction book (1990) -
Throughout the city, merchants open their shops to sell tires, silk, or pirated DVDs.
Academic text (2011) -
Caravans laden with incense, silks, spices, and exotic goods rested here.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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A silk cloth with a wavy shiny pattern used for clothes or furniture
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Made from rough silk with small thick threads you can see
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Yarn that comes from short silk fibers and waste from silk making
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A smooth, strong silk cloth used to line coats and jackets
Idioms
Compounds
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A soft, light fiber from the kapok tree that people use to fill pillows and keep things warm
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A tree with soft, showy pink flowers and feathery leaves that people plant in gardens
- US
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A tropical evergreen tree with edible fruit, silky bark used to make rope, and wood used for boards
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A very large tropical tree whose trunk has deep grooves and seed pods of soft, fluffy material used for stuffing
- Specialized
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A part inside some insects and spiders that makes thin strong threads for cocoons or webs
- Specialized
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A picture created when someone pushes ink through a mesh screen onto paper or cloth
- Australian
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A tall Australian tree with leaves like a fern and wood used for furniture
A tall plant from tropical Asia that people grow for strong fiber like flax from its woody stems
- Indian
A soft plant fiber from a tropical tree used to fill pillows and cushions
- Indian
A tropical tree with large flowers that makes cotton-like seed fibers used for stuffing
- UK
A climbing plant with dark shiny leaves and poisonous yellow fruits often grown in gardens
- Archaic
A way of living for rich people with expensive comforts and privilege
A very large tropical tree with a rough trunk and pods of soft fibers around seeds used for stuffing
How Soft
Surface Forms
Etymology
Silk comes from old names like sericum that people used for the fine cloth first made in China, and it was named after the people called the Seres who sold the cloth. That's why silk means the 'smooth' and 'shiny' fabric made by silkworms.