Silk is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for SILK in dictionary:

VERB:
• to cover with a soft lustrous fabric
• (of maize) develop long hairlike styles
NOUN:
• a fine, strong, soft lustrous fibre produced by silkworms in making cocoons and collected to make thread and fabric.
• thread or fabric made from the fibre produced by the silkworm
• garments made from silk, especially as worn by a jockey in the colours of a particular horse owner
• a cover worn over a riding hat made from a silk-like fabric.
• the silky styles of the female maize flower
• fibre made by the larva of a certain moth
• The fine, soft thread produced by various species of caterpillars in forming the cocoons within which the worm is inclosed during the pupa state, especially that produced by the larvae of Bombyx mori.
• Hence, thread spun, or cloth woven, from the above-named material.
• That which resembles silk, as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize.
• 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
• a Queen's (or King's) Counsel.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to cover with silk (a soft, lustrous fabric)

Words related to SILK

silked11 silking12 silklike16 silks9

Words that contain SILK

silks9 silky12 silked11 silken10 silkie10 silkens11 silkier11 silkies11 silkily14 silking12 cornsilk14 silkened13 silkiest12 silklike16 silktail12 silkweed16 silkworm17 cornsilks15 silkalene13 silkaline13 silkening14 silkiness13 silkoline13 silktails13 silkweeds17 silkworms18 silkalenes14 silkalines14 silkgrower18 silkolines14 silkscreen16 silkgrowers19 silkinesses15 silkscreens17 silkscreened19 silkscreening20

How to use SILK in a sentence

• This cap is hollow within, and is covered over with rich silk.
• She wore the same white gown and black silk apron with crimson lace she had worn before.
• He had replaced the revolver of John Bard in the box with the oiled silk.
• Until the Christian era silk was little known in Europe or Western Asia.
• Something black was winding through it making streaks upon the silk of the cushion.
• It also carries a message for me, wrapped up in a piece of oiled silk.
• Thus we know that most of the painting was done on silk, of which plenty came into the market through the control of silk-producing southern China.
• On the opposite side were placed the city constables, dressed in silk and velvet, with staffs in their hands, to prevent the breaking in of the mob, or any other disturbance.
• I have to report that the new wheel at the silk mill is going now, and makes a very great improvement.
• Paul, kept in the last chamber of the Zampieri palace, and covered with a silk curtain, is valued beyond any specimen of the painting art which can be moved from Italy to England.
• He sent him from Pavia a new silk cloak, such as physicians wear, so that he might make a better show in his calling, and doubtless continued his supplies of money.
• Their houses were full of precious stones, tapestries, silk, fine linen, and cloth of gold.
• This morning Milly had put on a loose silk blouse, open at the neck, in which she looked very pretty and girlish.
• Towards the morning, she dressed herself in a rich habit of silk and velvet, the only one which she had reserved to herself.
• John, who had not for years, probably, worn anything coarser than silk on his feet, expressed in a few stiff words his thanks for two pairs of black woolen socks.
• The tablecloth was of rich silk, soiled by numberless stains.
• It was proved long ago that this region was naturally adapted to the culture of silk and to the raising of indigo and sugar-cane.
• Still there are many exceptions to this order, especially as between silk and wool.
• From the silk a coarse species of cloth is manufactured, but the use of this appears to be very limited.
• The girl was bathed, and clothed in a beautiful dress of gay and costly silk.
• If I wear a black coat and a white silk bow, and stick a red handkerchief in underneath my waistcoat, I dare say I shall be all right.

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