Silk

What do we mean by silk?

A fine lustrous fiber composed mainly of fibroin and produced by certain insect larvae to form cocoons, especially the strong, elastic, fibrous secretion of silkworms used to make thread and fabric. noun

Thread or fabric made from this fiber. noun

A garment made from this fabric. noun

A silky filamentous material spun by a spider or an insect such as a webspinner. noun

A silky filamentous material produced by a plant, such as the styles forming a tuft on an ear of corn. noun

The brightly colored identifying garments of a jockey or harness driver. noun

Composed of or similar to the fiber or the fabric silk. adjective

To develop silk. Used of corn. intransitive verb

To be in course of earing: said of growing Indian corn.

A fine soft thread produced chiefly by the larvæ of various bombycid moths, especially of Bombyx (Sericaria) mori, known as silkworms, feeding on the leaves of the mulberry and several other trees. (See Bombyx and silkworm, and compare gut, 4.) noun

A similar thread or fiber spun by various other insects, especially some spiders; a kind of cobweb or gossamer. Some such webs are lustrous, and may be reeled like true silk. See Nephila, and cut under silk-spider. noun

Cloth made of silk; by extension, a garment made of such cloth. noun

The mass of long filiform styles of the female flower of maize: so called from their resemblance in the unripe state to silk in fineness and softness. noun

The silky down in the pod of the milkweed (hence also called silk-weed). noun

The silkiness or silky luster often observed in the sapphire or ruby, due to the inclusion of microscopic crystals between the crystalline layers of the gem. The silk is visible only on what would be the pyramid faces of the crystals. noun

Made of silk; silken: as, a silk dress; silk stockings.

Silk-like; silky.

A king's or queen's counsel.

A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider).

A fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers.

Anything which resembles silk, such as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize, or the seed covering of bombaxes.

The gown worn by a Senior (i.e. Queen's/King's) Counsel.

A Senior (i.e. Queen's or King's) Counsel.

(circus arts, in the plural) A pair of long silk sheets suspended in the air on which a performer performs tricks.

(usually in the plural) The garments worn by a jockey displaying the colors of the horse's owner.

Words that are spelled similarly to silk:
silk.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word silk:
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Words that rhyme with silk:
milk, ilk, bilk, wilk, buttermilk, ice milk, coconut milk, malted milk, condensed milk, powdered milk, skim milk, evaporated milk, whole milk, nonfat dry milk, homogenized milk, chocolate milk, raw milk, loudermilk, skimmed milk, pasteurized milk, soybean milk, dry milk, certified milk, wilke, dried milk, scalded milk, milke, schilke.

Adjectives that are often used to describe silk:
raw, black, white, blue, red, fine, green, yellow, artificial, coloured, chinese, colored, crimson, pink, oiled, pure, heavy, soft, purple, rich, watered, pale, thin, dark, finest, brown, spun, light, embroidered, gray, scarlet, wild, japanese, striped, plain, grey, bright, brocaded, flowered, shot, beautiful, thick, orange, braided, corn, indian, coarse, italian, twisted, interrupted, persian, golden, waxed, stiff, mulberry, delicate, dyed, smooth, gold, weighted, changeable, lilac, sheer, expensive, ribbed, lavender, richest, corded, glossy, quilted, costly, manufactured, floss, transparent, liquid, wet, loose, mauve.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective silk:
culture, screen, cotton, worm, throwing, stockings, industry, manufacture, goods, manufactures, tree, worms, oak, fabrics, grass, weaving, dyeing, reeling, mills, moths, manufacturing, tassel, growing, trade, stuffs, merchants, workers, handkerchiefs, cloth, cocoons, manuf, lace, hats, factories, weighting, thread, pins, legs, cartridges.

Consonant match to silk:
sulk, selk, selke.

Words that sound like silk:
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