silk

silk
silk
noun
1) (very fine, soft threads made by silkworms.) seda
2) (thread, cloth etc made from this: The dress was made of silk; (also adjective) a silk dress.) (de) seda
- silkiness
- silkworm

silk n seda
silk
tr[sɪlk]
noun
1 seda
raw/pure silk seda cruda/natural
adjective
1 de seda
plural noun silks
1 (jockeys' shirts) colores nombre masculino plural
\
SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to take silk SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL nombrarse fiscal
you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear no se puede pedir peras al olmo
silk screen printing serigrafía
silk ['sɪlk] n
: seda f
silk
adj.
de seda adj.
sedeño, -a adj.
n.
glasé s.m.
seda s.f.
sɪlk
mass noun seda f

artificial/pure silk — seda artificial/natural

[sɪlk]
1. N
1) seda f
2) (Brit) (Jur) (=barrister) abogado(-a) m / f superior

to take silk — (Brit) ser ascendido a la abogacía superior

See:
see cultural note QC/KC in QC
2.
silks
NPL (Racing) colores mpl
3.
CPD [blouse, scarf] de seda

silk finish N

with a silk finish — (cloth, paintwork) satinado

silk hat N — sombrero m de copa

silk industry N — industria f sedera

silk route N

the silk route — la ruta de la seda

silk thread N — hilo m de seda

* * *
[sɪlk]
mass noun seda f

artificial/pure silk — seda artificial/natural


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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