SILK

[noun] [U] - a delicate, soft cloth made from a thread produced by silkworms, or the thread itselfa silk dressa silk shirta silk scarfHer clothes were made of the finest silk.In the British legal system, a silk is a Queen's Counsel.In the British legal system, to take silk is to become a Queen's Counsel.Silk screen printing is a method of printing by forcing ink through a pattern cut into silk or, more usually now, other similar cloth, stretched across a frame. To silk screen (something) is to use the silk screen method of printing.(saying) 'You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear' means that you can't make something good out of something that is naturally bad.