silk fibre
1silk — n. 1 a fine strong soft lustrous fibre produced by silkworms in making cocoons. 2 a similar fibre spun by some spiders etc. 3 thread or cloth made from silk fibre. 4 (in pl.) kinds of silk cloth or garments made from it, esp. as worn by a jockey… …
2Silk in the Indian subcontinent — Silk in India as elsewhere, is an item of luxury.For more than four thousand years, this cloth produced from the cocoons of caterpillers, has been associated with crowned heads and riches throughout the different ages. As a designer once said… …
3Silk (disambiguation) — Silk is a natural fibre and a textile woven from it.The word silk is also used as a name for: * Queen s Counsel, an informal name for a barrister in England and Wales and in the Commonwealth * Spider silk, which is made by spiders to create webs… …
4silk — ► NOUN 1) a fine, soft lustrous fibre produced by silkworms. 2) thread or fabric made from silk. 3) (silks) garments made from silk, especially as worn by a jockey. 4) Brit. informal a Queen s (or King s) Counsel. [ORIGIN: so named because of the …
5silk — silklike, adj. /silk/, n. 1. the soft, lustrous fiber obtained as a filament from the cocoon of the silkworm. 2. thread made from this fiber. 3. cloth made from this fiber. 4. a garment of this cloth. 5. a gown of such material worn distinctively …
6silk — /sɪlk / (say silk) noun 1. the fine, soft, lustrous fibre obtained from the cocoon of the silkworm. 2. thread made of this fibre. 3. cloth made of this fibre. 4. a garment of this cloth. 5. the gown of such material, worn distinctively by a Queen …
7Silk — This article is about a natural fiber and the textile woven from it. For other uses, see Silk (disambiguation). Four of the most important domesticated silk worms, together with their adult moth forms, Meyers Konversations Lexikon (1885 1892)… …
8fibre, man-made — Introduction fibre whose chemical composition, structure, and properties are significantly modified during the manufacturing process. Man made fibres are spun and woven into a huge number of consumer and industrial products, including… …
9silk — noun 1》 a fine, strong, soft lustrous fibre produced by silkworms in making cocoons. 2》 thread or fabric made from this fibre. 3》 (silks) garments made from silk, especially as worn by a jockey in the colours of a particular horse owner. 4》 Brit …
10fibre — (BrE) (AmE fiber) noun 1 in food ADJECTIVE ▪ dietary ▪ your total daily intake of dietary fibre ▪ vegetable VERB + FIBRE/FIBER ▪ be high in …
