Word.ws English Dictionary

silker

silker noun: someone who works with silk such as an embroiderer.

Noun (1)

silker (plural silkers)

  1. Someone who works with silk such as an embroiderer.

Noun (2)

silker (plural silkers)

  1. A machine that removes silk from corn.

Forms of silker

pluralsilkers

Origin of silker

From silk (noun) + -er.

From silk (verb) + -er.

Questions about silker

What does silker mean?
Silker means someone who works with silk such as an embroiderer.
What part of speech is silker?
Silker is a noun.
What is the plural of silker?
The plural of silker is silkers.

Words near silker in the dictionary

  1. Silken Windhound
  2. silkened
  3. silkening
  4. silkenly
  5. silkens
  6. silker
  7. silkers
  8. silkes
  9. silkette
  10. silkgrass
  11. silkgrower

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: silker (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “silker.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/silker. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.