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raw silk

raw silk noun: silk that has not been processed to remove sericin.

Noun

raw silk (uncountable)

  1. Silk that has not been processed to remove sericin.
    • In settling the price to be paid for the waste, the owner and the throwster must agree on a fair value for the raw silk.1922, Warren Pharoah Seem, Raw Silk Properties: Classification of Raw Silk and Silk Throwing
    • The rawsilk imports to India increased from 7,896 tons in 2001, to 10,506 tons in 2002, which is a 33% increase in one year.2011, The Indian Textile Journal, volume 122, page 36

raw silk meaning in Tamil

raw silk in Tamil

கச்சாப்பட்டு

Forms of raw silk

alternative formrawsilk

Questions about raw silk

What does raw silk mean?
Raw silk means silk that has not been processed to remove sericin.
What is raw silk in Tamil?
Raw silk in Tamil is கச்சாப்பட்டு. See Raw silk meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is raw silk?
Raw silk is a noun.

Words near raw silk in the dictionary

  1. raw nerves
  2. raw papaya
  3. raw sewage
  4. raw sienna
  5. raw siennas
  6. raw silk
  7. raw water
  8. raw-boned
  9. raw-dog
  10. raw-dogged
  11. raw-dogging

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