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silk



silk [silk silks] BrE [sɪlk] NAmE [sɪlk] noun
1. uncountable fine soft thread produced by ↑silkworms
2. uncountable a type of fine smooth cloth made from silk thread
a silk blouse
silk stockings
made of pure silk
Her skin was as smooth as silk.
see also watered silk
3. uncountable silk thread used for sewing
4. silksplural clothes made of silk, especially the coloured shirts worn by people riding horses in a race (= ↑jockeys )
5. countable (BrE, law)a type of lawyer who represents the government (= a King's/Queen's counsel )
to take silk (= to become this type of lawyer)
Idiom:make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

Word Origin:
Old English sioloc, seolec, from late Latin sericum, neuter of Latin sericus, based on Greek Sēres, the name given to the inhabitants of the Far Eastern countries from which silk first came overland to Europe.

Example Bank:
a drawing room decorated in rich blue and purple silks
an evening dress of pure white silk
fine silks produced in Italy
ladies in silks and satins
the bright silks of saris

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