silk

Plural: silks

Noun

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 fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider).
A fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers.
Anything which resembles silk, such as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize, or the seed covering of bombaxes.
The gown worn by a Senior (i.e. Queen's/King's) Counsel.
A Queen's Counsel, King's Counsel or Senior Counsel.
A pair of long silk sheets suspended in the air on which a performer performs tricks.
The garments worn by a jockey displaying the colors of the horse's owner.

Verb

To remove the silk from (corn).

Examples

"The thread made of silk was barely visible."

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English silk, sylk, selk, selc, from Old English sioloc, seoloc, seolc (“silk”). The immediate source is uncertain; it probably reached English via the Baltic trade routes (cognates in Old Norse silki (> Danish silke, Swedish silke (“silk”)), Russian шёлк (šolk), obsolete Lithuanian zilkai̇̃), all ultimately from Late Latin sēricus, from Ancient Greek σηρικός (sērikós), ultimately from an Oriental language (represented now by e.g. Chinese 絲 /丝 (sī, “silk”)). Compare Seres. Doublet of seric and serge.

Scrabble Score: 8

silk is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
silk is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
silk is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

silk is a valid Words With Friends word