Synonyms for silk
sɪlksilk

Princeton's WordNet

1. silknoun

   a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae

2. silknoun

   animal fibers produced by silkworms and other larvae that spin cocoons and by most spiders

Matched Categories

1. • Animal Fiber
   • Fabric

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1. List of paraphrases for "silk":

   floss, harir, seta, silke, setae, shredded, spectrum

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1. List of known nicknames for "Silk":

   Oscillator, Isar Logi Arnarsson

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1. Asa Barber:

   I think the potential for growing these crystal fibers is much higher [than spider silk] because it's just about growing them to a particular size, i think this is going to be a much greater opportunity for materials that have high strength.

2. Joan Collins:

   Good news/Bad news. Good news : I just got vaccinated ! Bad news : I got it because I ’m 75. Ha ! the operation in NYC was smooth as silk( sorry about the cliché@BCDreyer!) and hosted to perfection by the US Army and National Guard. Thank you all, and thank you science.

3. Kensington Palace:

   The focus of the dress is the graphic open bateau neckline that gracefully frames the shoulders and emphasizes the slender sculpted waist, the lines of the dress extend toward the back where the train flows in soft round folds cushioned by an underskirt in triple silk organza. The slim three-quarter sleeves add a note of refined modernity.

4. Robert Spengler:

   Some of them may have been rapidly domesticated by humans simply moving them or transporting them [along trade routes such as the silk road] from the Caucasus all the way to East Asia, so, its possible that humans were stillinflicting evolutionary changeson these plants without actually intensively cultivating them.

5. Patrick Guerra:

   Silk has been with us for a while since the days of the Silk Road, its not a new fabric, yet now were finding all these new uses for it.