thin silk cloth

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• Silk 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… …   Wikipedia

• silk — [ sılk ] noun ** 1. ) uncount thin smooth cloth made from the fibers produced by an insect called a silkworm: an elegant shirt made of pure Chinese silk a ) only before noun made of silk: an expensive Italian silk suit b ) uncount the THREAD used …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• silk — 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 …   Universalium

• Silk — 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)… …   Wikipedia

• silk */*/ — UK [sɪlk] / US noun Word forms silk : singular silk plural silks 1) [uncountable] thin smooth cloth made from the fibres produced by an insect called a silkworm an elegant shirt made of pure Chinese silk a) [only before noun] made of silk an… …   English dictionary

• silk — [sɪlk] noun [U] a thin smooth cloth made from the fibres produced by insects called SILKWORMS a silk shirt[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• silk — [sılk] n [: Old English; Origin: seolc] 1.) [U] a thin smooth soft cloth made from very thin thread which is produced by a silkworm ▪ pure silk stockings ▪ a beautiful dress in raw silk 2.) BrE law a very important lawyer = ↑Queen s Counsel (QC)… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• silk screen — silk ,screen noun uncount a method of printing designs on a surface by forcing ink or paint through a thin cloth …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• silk — noun 1 (U) a thin, smooth, soft cloth made from very thin thread which is produced by a silkworm: a silk shirt | a dress made of the finest silk 2 (C) BrE law a KC or QC (=type of important lawyer): take silk (=become a KC or QC) 3 silks… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• silk screen — UK / US noun [uncountable] art a method of printing designs on a surface by forcing ink or paint through a thin cloth …   English dictionary

• Sea silk — is an extremely fine, rare and valuable fabric produced from the long silky filaments or byssus secreted by a gland in the foot of several bivalve mollusks (particularly Pinna nobilis L.) by which they attach themselves to the sea bed. [ Webster… …   Wikipedia