silk
a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,049 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,707 times across 173,643 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae
- animal fibers produced by silkworms and other larvae that spin cocoons and by most spiders
silk in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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His dark-blue and black silk smoking-suit was extraordinarily becoming.
The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel · Elinor Glyn · Chapter 1
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The impostors now wanted more money, more silk, and more gold to use in their weaving.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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Her traveling dress lay on the bed--a plain dark silk--her only silk gown except the marriage one.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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A soft brown silk tie was knotted smartly under her fresh collar, and she wore her new sailor hat.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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I have already found for him a new shade for dyeing silk, the cost price of which is almost nothing.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1