the soft, lustrous fiber obtained as a filament from the cocoon of the silkworm.

thread made from this fiber.

cloth made from this fiber.

a garment of this cloth.

a gown of such material worn distinctively by a King's or Queen's Counsel at the English bar.

silks, the blouse and peaked cap, considered together, worn by a jockey or sulky driver in a race.

Informal . a parachute, esp. one opened aloft.

any fiber or filamentous matter resembling silk, as a filament produced by certain spiders, the thread of a mollusk, or the like.

the hairlike styles on an ear of corn.

British Informal .

a King's or Queen's Counsel.

any barrister of high rank.

made of silk.

resembling silk; silky.

of or pertaining to silk.

(of corn) to be in the course of developing silk. ?

hit the silk

Slang . to parachute from an aircraft; bail out.

take silk

British . to become a Queen's or King's Counsel.

noun

fabric , fiber , mantua , pongee , samite , sendal , taffeta , thread , tulle , tussah , tussore