raw silk
Americannoun
noun
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untreated silk fibres reeled from the cocoon
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fabric woven from such fibres
Etymology
Origin of raw silk
Middle English word dating back to 1300–50
Example Sentences
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The work paid off, today Umamaheswari produces 10 crops of raw silk a year, with the growth cycle of each batch of silkworms taking 25 to 30 days.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
His brown top, which combined the Japanese sewn fabric “sashiko” with raw silk knit, was splashed on the cover of the September 1973 issue of Elle magazine.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 9, 2022
Rudy and Kasey adored the craft of Sabyasachi, one wearing a black sherwani, the other a cream sherwani, both raw silk with Bengal-tiger buttons.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
Available in olive and terra cotta raw silk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
Actually, their tour of the Fontainebleau’s gaudy premises went unnoticed, amid the men striding about in Bermuda shorts of candy-striped raw silk, and the women wearing bathing suits and mink Answer 201 stoles simultaneously.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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