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kapoc

kapoc is the alternative spelling of kapok.

Meaning of kapok

Noun

kapok (countable and uncountable, plural kapoks)

  1. A silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra) used for insulation and stuffing for mattresses, pillows, etc.
    • The moon came out of hiding and for a moment Jerry forgot his anxiety as a little grey-clad figure, small and sturdy [...], in a kapok coat and bulging proletarian cap, lowered himself over the side and leapt for the waiting arms of the sampan's crew.1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 492
    Synonyms:
    mumian
  2. A silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra).
    Synonyms:
    kapok tree, mapou, mumian
  3. A cotton tree, Malabar silk-cotton tree, or red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba).
    Synonyms:
    kapok tree

Forms of kapoc

pluralkapocs

Questions about kapoc

What is kapoc the alternative spelling of?
Kapoc is the alternative spelling of kapok.

Words near kapoc in the dictionary

  1. kaplunking
  2. kaplunks
  3. kapnography
  4. kapnomar
  5. kapo
  6. kapoc
  7. kapocs
  8. kapok
  9. kapok bush
  10. kapok tree
  11. kapok trees

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kapoc (page history and authors); kapok (page history and authors). 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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