- 1[uncountable] fine soft thread produced by silkworms
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2[uncountable] a type of fine smooth cloth made from silk thread a silk blouse silk stockings made of pure silk Her skin was as smooth as silk. see watered silk
- 3[uncountable] silk thread used for sewing
- 4silks [plural] clothes made of silk, especially the colored shirts worn by jockeys (= people riding horses in a race) Idioms
to succeed in making something good out of material that does not seem very good at all
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