Usually means: Protein fiber, luxurious, smooth fabric.
Definitions Related words Phrases (New!) Mentions Lyrics History Colors (New!)
We found 55 dictionaries that define the word silk:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. silk: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. silk: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. silk: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. silk: Collins English Dictionary
  5. silk: Vocabulary.com
  6. Silk, silk: Wordnik
  7. silk: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Silk: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  9. Silk, silk: Wiktionary
  10. silk: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. silk: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. silk: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. silk: Dictionary.com
  14. silk: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. silk: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. SILK, Silk (Corn Stalk Part), Silk (TV series), Silk (album), Silk (band), Silk (brand), Silk (codec), Silk (comics), Silk (disambiguation), Silk (group), Silk (novel), Silk (soy milk), Silk: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Silk: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. silk: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. silk: Rhymezone
  20. silk: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. silk: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Silk: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. silk: Free Dictionary
  24. silk: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. silk: Dictionary/thesaurus
  26. silk: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)
  2. Movie Terminology Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)
  4. Natural Magick (No longer online)
  5. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Silk (Corn Stalk Part), silk: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Silk (Corn Stalk Part), silk: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Arms and Armour (No longer online)
  3. SILK: Acronym Finder
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  5. silk: Idioms

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Silk: Easton Bible
  2. Silk: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. silk, silk: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Silk: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
  3. Silk: Urban Dictionary
  4. Silk: Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: Hardboiled Slang

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Silk: Bicycle Glossary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)
  2. Fabric Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Silk: Gems and Precious Stones
  4. Textile (No longer online)

(Note: See silking as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (chiefly uncountable) A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider).
noun:  A fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers.
noun:  Anything which resembles silk, such as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize, or the seed covering of bombaxes.
noun:  The gown worn by a Senior (i.e. Queen's/King's) Counsel.
noun:  (colloquial) A Queen's Counsel, King's Counsel or Senior Counsel.
noun:  (circus arts, in the plural) A pair of long silk sheets suspended in the air on which a performer performs tricks.
noun:  (horse racing, usually in the plural) The garments worn by a jockey displaying the colors of the horse's owner.
verb:  (transitive) To remove the silk from (corn).
noun:  A surname originating as an occupation for a seller of silk.

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    ivory,     champagne,     pearl,     cream,     blush, more...



Word origin

Words similar to silk

Usage examples for silk

Idioms related to silk

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing silk

Words that often appear near silk

Rhymes of silk

Invented words related to silk

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    ivory,     champagne,     pearl,     cream,     blush, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.



List phrases that spell out silk 




Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Compound Your Joy   Threepeat   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Help


Our daily word games Threepeat and Compound Your Joy are going strong. Bookmark and enjoy!