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Definitions for Silk

[1] the soft, lustrous fiber obtained as a filament from the cocoon of the silkworm.
[2] thread made from this fiber.
[3] cloth made from this fiber.
[4] a garment of this cloth.
[5] a gown of such material worn distinctively by a King's or Queen's Counsel at the English bar.
[6] silks, the blouse and peaked cap, considered together, worn by a jockey or sulky driver in a race.
[7] Informal . a parachute, especially one opened aloft.
[8] any fiber or filamentous matter resembling silk, as a filament produced by certain spiders, the thread of a mollusk, or the like.
[9] the hairlike styles on an ear of corn.
[10] British Informal . a King's or Queen's Counsel. any barrister of high rank.
[11] made of silk.
[12] resembling silk; silky.
[13] of or relating to silk.
[14] (of corn) to be in the course of developing silk.
[15] hit the silk , Slang . to parachute from an aircraft; bail out.
[16] take silk , British . to become a Queen's or King's Counsel.
[17] the very fine soft lustrous fibre produced by a silkworm to make its cocoon
[18] thread or fabric made from this fibre (as modifier ) a silk dress
[19] a garment made of this
[20] a very fine fibre produced by a spider to build its web, nest, or cocoon
[21] the tuft of long fine styles on an ear of maize
[22] British the gown worn by a Queen's (or King's) Counsel informal a Queen's (or King's) Counsel take silk to become a Queen's (or King's) Counsel
[23] (intr) US and Canadian (of maize) to develop long hairlike styles

Words related to Silk

thread, fiber, taffeta, tulle, mantua, samite, tussore, tussah, pongee, sendal

Words nearby Silk

siliculose cataract, siliqua, silique, siliquose, siliquose cataract, silk, silk cotton, silk gland, silk hat, silk oak, silk paper

Origin of Silk

before 900; Middle English (noun); Old English sioloc, seol(o)c (cognate with Old Norse silki ), by uncertain transmission < Greek sērikón silk, noun use of neuter of sērikós silken, literally, Chinese, derivative of Sêres the Chinese (Russian shëlk, OPruss silkas (genitive) “silk” appear to be < Gmc); cf. seric-

Other words from Silk

silk·like , adjective
half-silk , adjective

Word origin for Silk

Old English sioluc; compare Old Norse silki, Greek sērikon, Korean sir; all ultimately from Chinese ssǔ silk

Synonyms for Silk

fiber, taffeta, thread, tulle, mantua, pongee, samite, tussah, tussore, sendal