silk
noun
the soft, lustrous fiber obtained as a filament from the cocoon of the silkworm.
silklike
-
a word derived from
silk.
Example Sentences
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The glittering mucus globules travel along “highways” on the sponge’s surface, eventually meeting with particles from other highways at mucus “junctions” to form silklike clumps.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 10, 2022
The medical examiner’s office has confirmed she died of acute peritonitis, an often-painful inflammation of the silklike membrane that lines the abdominal wall and organs.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2018
Lush fur and fuzzy shearling played against supple lambskins and doubleface wool, with fluid, silklike layers underneath.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2011
While trying to synthesize a silklike fiber, he stumbled upon a compound with a wonderful musky odor.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is over four feet high, with skin of a dark reddish brown, with a silklike bluish gray gloss.
From In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country by John T. McCutcheon
