cocoon
/kəˈkuːn/
cocoon noun: the silky case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, protecting the pupa within.
Noun
cocoon (plural cocoons)
- The silky case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, protecting the pupa within.
- Any similar protective case.
- The bad guys generally don’t like to get on trains, because they’re trapped on a moving cocoon that the CTA controls.1997 June 24, Robert Dart, quotee, “CTA To Leave Train Conductors At The Station”, in Chicago Tribune
Verb
cocoon (third-person singular simple present cocoons, present participle cocooning, simple past and past participle cocooned)
cocoon meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cocoon in Hindi
- protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
- खोल khol
- any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical
- खोल khol
cocoon in Tamil
- பட்டுப்புழுக் கூடு, புழுக்கூடு, புழுவுறை, கிருமிக்கூடு, பட்டுப்பூச்சிக் கூடு
cocoon in Marathi
- protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
- कोश koś
cocoon in Urdu
- protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
- کوکُون kokūn
More languagesFewer languages
- cocoon in Bengali
- রেশমের গুটি
- cocoon in Telugu
- కోశము kōśamu
- cocoon in Malayalam
- കൊക്കൂൺ kokkūṇ
- cocoon in Kannada
- ತೆರಳೆ ಹುಳದ ಗೂಡು
- cocoon in Punjabi
- ਕੋਕੂਨ, ਕੋਕੌਨ, ਕੋਕੂਨ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- cocoon in Gujarati
- કોશેટો kośeṭo
- cocoon in Odia
- କୋଷ koṣa
- cocoon in Nepali
- कोकुन, कोकून
- cocoon in Pashto
- غوزه
- cocoon in Tagalog
- tilas, supot-uod
- cocoon in Arabic
- شَرْنَقَة šarnaqa
- cocoon in Malay
- kokun
- cocoon in Persian
- پیله pile
- cocoon in Thai
- ดักแด้ dàk-dɛ̂ɛ
- cocoon in Vietnamese
- kén
- cocoon in Myanmar
- ပိုးအိမ် pui:im
Examples of cocoon in a sentence
- We were hermetically sealing ourselves within the seemingly safe cocoon of groupthink.
- You can’t cocoon your kids in a vanilla fortress of rightthink.
- And yet, as the coverage became more relentless, she chose to become more cocooned.
Forms of cocoon
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cocoons |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | cocoons |
| present participle | cocooning |
| past participle | cocooned |
| past | cocooned |
Origin of cocoon
From French cocon, a diminutive of coque (“shell”).
Words formed from cocoon
Words that rhyme with cocoon
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- croon
- blue moon
- boon
- monsoon
- noon
- pontoon
- raccoon
- tribune
- attune
- dragoon
- hoon
- immune
- picayune
- platoon
- soon
- swoon
- tycoon
- afternoon
- baboon
- commune
- doubloon
- harpoon
- jejune
- pantaloon
- picaroon
- shalloon
- bassoon
- buffoon
- dabloon
- entune
- gadroon
- hewn
- impugn
- jargoon
- june
- lacune
- last chance saloon
- lune
- macaroon
- man in the moon
- maroon
- poon
- puccoon
- ratoon
- scone
- toon
- trial balloon
- troon
Questions about cocoon
- What does cocoon mean?
- Cocoon means the silky case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, protecting the pupa within.
- What is cocoon in Hindi?
- Cocoon in Hindi is खोल (khol). See Cocoon meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cocoon?
- Cocoon can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce cocoon?
- Cocoon is pronounced /kəˈkuːn/.
- What is the plural of cocoon?
- The plural of cocoon is cocoons.
Words near cocoon in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cocoon (page history and authors); cocoon (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cocoon (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cocoon (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cocoon (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); କୋଷ (Odia) (page history and authors); cocoon (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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