1 [U] fine soft thread produced by SILKWORMS
2 [U] a fine smooth fabric made from silk thread:
a silk blouse * silk stockings * made of pure silk * Her skin was as smooth as silk.
seealsoWATEREDSILK
3 [U] silk thread used for sewing
4 (silks) [pl.] clothes made of silk, especially the coloured shirts worn by people riding horses in a race (= JOCKEYS)
5 [C] (BrE, law) a type of lawyer who represents the government (= a King's/Queen's counsel):
to take silk (= to become this type of lawyer)
IDIOMS
make a silk purse out of a sow's ear to succeed in making sth good out of material that does not seem very good at all
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