1 a covering of silk threads that some insects make to protect themselves before they become adults
2 a soft covering that wraps all around a person or thing and forms a protection: (figurative) the cocoon of a caring family
verb [VN] [usuallypassive] ~ sb/sth (in sth) to protect sb/sth by surrounding them or it completely with sth:
We were warm and safe, cocooned in our sleeping bags. * I had a sheltered childhood, cocooned from the world by money and love.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for cocoon is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is cocoon a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, cocoon is tagged as noun.
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