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   silk

   /sɪlk/

   noun

   • 1. a fine, strong, soft lustrous fibre produced by silkworms in making cocoons and collected to make thread and fabric. Silk is also spun by some insect larvae and by most spiders.
   • ▪ thread or fabric made from the fibre produced by the silkworm: "a frock of pale blue silk"
   • ▪ garments made from silk, especially as worn by a jockey in the colours of a particular horse owner: "some were dressed in racing silks"
   • ▪ the silky styles of the female maize flower: "peel back husks from corn without detaching from cobs; remove silks"
   • 2. a Queen's (or King's) Counsel. informal British

   Word Origin Old Englishsioloc, seolec, from late Latin sericum, neuter of Latin sericus, based on Greek Sēres, the name given to the inhabitants of the East Asian countries from which silk first came overland to Europe.

   Derivatives

   • 1. silklike adjective

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