- fiber silk
- fiber silk,an artificial material like silk made from cellulose.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
fiber silk
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silk — [silk] n. [ME silke < OE seoluc, prob. via Slav (as in OPrus silkas) < ? L sericus (or Gr sērikos), silken: see SERGE] 1. the fine, soft, shiny fiber produced by silkworms to form their cocoons 2. thread or fabric made from this fiber 3. a) … English World dictionary
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Fiber — For other uses, see Fiber (disambiguation). A bundle of optical fibers Fiber (also spelled fibre) is a class of materials that are continuous filaments or are in discrete elongated pieces, similar to lengths of thread. They are very important in… … Wikipedia
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 — [[t]sɪlk[/t]] n. 1) tex the soft, lustrous fiber obtained as a filament from the cocoon of the silkworm 2) tex thread made from this fiber 3) tex cloth made from this fiber 4) clo a garment of this cloth 5) clo a gown of such material worn by a… … From formal English to slang
