silk
A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider).
Example
“We harvested a load of silk from the silkworm farm.”
Other meanings
A thread or yarn made from silk fibers.
“This is sewn from silk.”
A fine, soft cloth woven from silk yarn or thread.
“I'll buy a couple yards of silk.”
Related words
- silkpunk
- silken
- silk shag
- silkweaver
- silkweaving
- silkworm
- silky
- smooth as silk
- soft as silk
- take silk
- ahimsa silk
- corn silk
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "σηρικός".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “silk” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.