'Silk' definitions:
Definition of 'silk'
From: GCIDE
- Floss \Floss\ (?; 195), n. [It. floscio flabby, soft, fr. L. fluxus flowing, loose, slack. See Flux, n.]
- 1. (Bot.) The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called silk. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A body feather of an ostrich. Flosses are soft, and gray from the female and black from the male. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Floss silk, silk that has been twisted, and which retains its loose and downy character. It is much used in embroidery. Called also floxed silk.
- Floss thread, a kind of soft flaxen yarn or thread, used for embroidery; -- called also linen floss, and {floss yarn}. --McElrath. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Silk'
From: Easton
- Silk Heb. demeshek, "damask," silk cloth manufactured at Damascus, Amos 3:12. A.V., "in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch;" R.V., "in the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed" (marg., "in Damascus on a bed").
- Heb. meshi, (Ezek. 16:10, 13, rendered "silk"). In Gen. 41:42 (marg. A.V.), Prov. 31:22 (R.V., "fine linen"), the word "silk" ought to be "fine linen."
- Silk was common in New Testament times (Rev. 18:12).
Synonyms of 'silk'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- AG,
- alabaster,
- attorney general,
- billiard table,
- blubber,
- bowling alley,
- bowling green,
- breeze,
- butter,
- civilian,
- clay,
- cloth,
- corporation lawyer,
- court-appointed lawyer,
- criminal lawyer,
- cushion,
- DA,
- daintiness,
- defense counsel,
- delicacy,
- district attorney,
- dough,
- down,
- downiness,
- drapery,
- eiderdown,
- etoffe,
- fabric,
- feather bed,
- feathers,
- felt,
- filminess,
- fine-grainedness,
- fineness,
- flat,
- fleece,
- floss,
- flue,
- fluff,
- fluffiness,
- foam,
- fuzz,
- fuzziness,
- glass,
- goods,
- gossameriness,
- ice,
- ivory,
- junior counsel,
- kapok,
- KC,
- lace,
- law agent,
- leader,
- level,
- mahogany,
- marble,
- material,
- mouthpiece,
- napery,
- peach fuzz,
- pillow,
- plane,
- plush,
- private attorney,
- prosecuting attorney,
- prosecutor,
- pubescence,
- public prosecutor,
- publicist,
- pudding,
- puff,
- putty,
- QC,
- rag,
- refinement,
- rubber,
- satin,
- satininess,
- silk gown,
- silkiness,
- slide,
- smooth,
- smoothness,
- softness,
- solicitor general,
- special pleader,
- SSC,
- stuff,
- stuff gown,
- stuff-gownsman,
- swansdown,
- tennis court,
- textile,
- textile fabric,
- texture,
- thistledown,
- tissu,
- tissue,
- US attorney,
- velvet,
- velvetiness,
- wax,
- weave,
- web,
- weft,
- woof,
- wool,
- zephyr
Words containing 'Silk'
- Silkness,
- silks,
- Floss silk,
- Floxed silk,
- Glass silk,
- Raw silk,
- Silk cotton,
- Silk flower,
- Silk fowl,
- Silk gland,
- Silk gown,
- Silk grass,
- Silk moth,
- Silk serge,
- Silk shag,
- Silk spider,
- Silk thrower,
- Silk throwster,
- Silk tree,
- Silk vessel,
- Spun silk,
- Thrown silk,
- Tussah silk,
- Vegetable silk,
- Virginia silk,
- corn silk,
- silk gelatin,
- silk hat,
- silk oak,
- silk road,
- silk stocking,
- silk vine,
- silk wood,
- sleave silk,
- surah silk,
- tusseh silk,
- watered silk,
- Crow-silk,
- Silk-stocking,
- chinese silk plant,
- red silk cotton,
- silk screen print,
- silk-lined,
- watered-silk,
- Silk-cotton tree,
- red silk-cotton tree,
- white silk-cotton tree