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spun silk

noun

yarn produced by spinning silk waste and short, broken filaments from which the sericin has been removed.Compare reeled silk.
a fabric woven from this yarn.

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Words nearby spun silk

spumescent, spumone, spun, spun glass, spun rayon, spun silk, spun sugar, spun yarn, spun-bonding, spunbonded, spunk

Origin of spun silk

First recorded in 1750–60
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British Dictionary definitions for spun silk

spun silk

noun

yarn or fabric made from silk waste
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012