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Definition silk

Etymology

From Middle English silk, sylk, selk, selc, from Old English sioloc, seoloc, seolc (“silk”). The immediate source is uncertain; it probably reached English via the Baltic trade routes (cognates in Old Norse silki (> Danish silke, Swedish silke (“silk”)), Russian ???? (šolk), obsolete Lithuanian zilka?), all ultimately from Late Latin s?ricus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (s?rikós), ultimately from an Oriental language (represented now by e.g. Chinese ? (s?, “silk”)). Compare Seres. Doublet of seric.

Noun

silk (countable and uncountable, plural silks)

  1. (chiefly uncountable) A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider).
  2. A fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers.
  3. Anything which resembles silk, such as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize, or the seed covering of bombaxes.
  4. The gown worn by a Senior (i.e. Queen's/King's) Counsel.
  5. (colloquial) A Senior (i.e. Queen's or King's) Counsel.
  6. (circus arts, in the plural) A pair of long silk sheets suspended in the air on which a performer performs tricks.
  7. (horse racing, usually in the plural) The garments worn by a jockey displaying the colors of the horse's owner.

Verb

silk (third-person singular simple present silks, present participle silking, simple past and past participle silked)

  1. (transitive) To remove the silk from (corn).

Results 429 Words with the letters SILK

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8 letter words with the letters SILK 
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6 letter words with the letters SILK 
ALKIES 11
ALSIKE 11
BLINKS 15
CLICKS 17
CLINKS 15
FLICKS 17
INKLES 12
KALIFS 14
KELIMS 14
KEVILS 15
KIBLAS 14
KILIMS 14
KRILLS 12
LIKENS 12
LIKERS 11
LIKEST 11
MISKAL 14
PLINKS 15
PLISKY 16
SALUKI 12
SICKLE 14
SICKLY 16
SILKED 12
SILKEN 12
SKILLS 12
SKIRLS 11
SKYLIT 13
SLICKS 14
SLINKS 12
SLINKY 14
SUSLIK 12
TILAKS 11
VAKILS 15
5 letter words with the letters SILK 
BILKS 13
KAILS 10
KILLS 11
KILNS 11
KILOS 10
KILTS 10
LICKS 13
LIKES 10
LINKS 11
MILKS 13
SILKS 10
SILKY 12
SKILL 11
SKIRL 10
SLICK 13
SLINK 11
4 letter words with the letters SILK 
ILKS 9
SILK 9
3 letter words with the letters SILK 
ILK 8
LIS 4
SKI 7
2 letter words with the letters SILK 
IS 2
KI 6
LI 3
SI 2

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