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The word silk is in the Wiktionary

18 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —
  • silk n. (Chiefly uncountable) A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider).
  • silk n. A fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers.
  • silk n. Anything which resembles silk, such as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize, or the seed…
  • silk n. The gown worn by a Senior (i.e. Queen’s/King’s) Counsel.
  • silk n. (Colloquial) A Queen’s Counsel, King’s Counsel or Senior Counsel.
  • silk n. (Circus arts, in the plural) A pair of long silk sheets suspended in the air on which a performer performs tricks.
  • silk n. (Horse racing, usually in the plural) The garments worn by a jockey displaying the colors of the horse’s owner.
  • silk v. (Transitive) To remove the silk from (corn).
  • Silk prop.n. A surname originating as an occupation for a seller of silk.
— English words, defined in German —
  • silk S. Seide; Seiden-.
  • Silk S. Englischer Familienname.
— English word, defined in Dutch —
  • silk n. Zijde.
— English word, defined in French —
  • silk n. (Textile) Soie.
— English words, defined in Spanish —
  • silk s. Seda.
  • silk adj. De seda.
— English word, defined in Italian —
  • silk s. Seta.
— In German —
  • Silk S. Botanik: Petersilie.
  • Silk S. Textilwesen: seidig glänzendes Textilgewebe für Kleidung.
64 English words from 9 English definitions

air Anything arthropod arts Chiefly Circus cloth Colloquial colors corn Counsel displaying excreted female fiber fibers filiform fine flower for from garments gown horse Horse␣racing in␣the␣air jockey King long maize occupation originating other owner pair performer performs plural Queen racing remove resembles seed seller Senior Senior␣Counsel sheets silk silkworm soft spider styles such such␣as surname suspended the Transitive tricks uncountable usually which worn woven

3 English words from 9 foreign definitions

Seda Seta Textile

14 foreign words from 9 foreign definitions

Botanik Englischer Familienname für glänzendes Kleidung Petersilie seda Seide Seiden seidig Soie Textilwesen Zijde

100 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

silke silks Silks silky silked silken silker silkes silkie Silkin silkens silkers silkier silkies silkily silking silkman silkmen silk-oak silk␣oak silkened silkenly silkette silkiest silkless silklike silkmoth silkness silk-oaks silk␣oaks Silk␣Road silk␣shag silktail silktree silk␣tree silkware silkwear silkweed Silkwood silkwork silkworm silky␣oak silkaline silkening silkgrass silkiness silkmapin silkmoths silkoline silk␣paper +50 words

17 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

desilks besilked desilked sea␣silks Vasilkov cornsilks crow-silks desilking floss-silks floss␣silks oiled␣silks peace␣silks ahimsa␣silks red␣silky␣oak red␣silky␣oaks appressed-silky golden␣silk␣orb-weaver

22 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

ISIL-K desilk nonsilk raw␣silk sea␣silk cornsilk corn␣silk crow-silk flox␣silk take␣silk floss-silk floss␣silk glass␣silk oiled␣silk peace␣silk ahimsa␣silk hit␣the␣silk soft␣as␣silk widow's␣silk hits␣the␣silk smooth␣as␣silk hitting␣the␣silk

4 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ilk sil Sil SIL

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

lis LIS

4 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

ilks Kils Lisk skil

58 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

bilks bliks blisk dilsk filks flisk Gilks ISIL-K kails Kails kalis kilas kiles Kiles kills Kills kilns kilos kilts Kilts kisel Kisel Kisly Kleis kliks Klims kulis Kulis laiks Lasik LASIK Laski licks Licks likes Likes links lirks Liska Liske Lisks Lukis milks Oskil silke silks Silks silky skail skill +8 words

21 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

ilk ILs ILS IS-K ISL isl. Kil kis ksi KSI lis LIS LSI sil Sil SIL ski -ski SKL SLI Slk.

28 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

bilk filk kilk milk Milk Salk Selk sick Sick sild sile Sile silf sill Sill silo SILs SILS silt sink Sink Sirk Sisk sulk SYLK Vilk wilk Wilk

5 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

ilk sil Sil SIL Slk.


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