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silklike

silklike adjective: synonym of silky, like silk.

Adjective

silklike (comparative more silklike, superlative most silklike)

  1. Synonym of silky, like silk.
    • The first artificial silk was cellulose-based rayon, known as viscose in Europe; DuPont's entirely synthetic nylon was insufficiently silklike at first to serve as a good substitute in fashion but quickly replaced Japanese silk for Allied military applications during World War II.
    Synonyms:
    silky, like silk

Synonyms of silklike

Forms of silklike

comparativemore silklike
superlativemost silklike

Origin of silklike

From silk + -like, q.v.

Questions about silklike

What does silklike mean?
Silklike means synonym of silky, like silk.
What part of speech is silklike?
Silklike is an adjective.

Words near silklike in the dictionary

  1. silkiness
  2. silkinesses
  3. silking
  4. silkless
  5. silklessness
  6. silklike
  7. silklined
  8. silkman
  9. silkmapin
  10. silkmen
  11. silkmoth

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