SILK-COTTON FAMILY

Meaning of SILK-COTTON FAMILY in English

noun

Etymology: silk cotton

: bombacaceae

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

SILK — Animal fibre produced by certain insects as building material for cocoons and webs. In commercial use it refers almost entirely …
Английский словарь Британика
FAMILY — I Basic social unit consisting of persons united by ties of marriage (affinity), "blood" (consanguinity), or adoption and usually representing …
Английский словарь Британика
COTTON — I Seed-hair fibre of various plants of the genus Gossypium , in the mallow family , native to most subtropical …
Английский словарь Британика
SILK — I. ˈsilk, ˈsiu̇k noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English selk, silk, from Old English sioloc, seolc, probably of Baltic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FAMILY — I. ˈfam(ə)lē, ˈfaamlē, -li noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English familie, from Latin familia servants of a household, household …
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COTTON — I. ˈkät ə n noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English coton, from Middle French, from Arabic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SILK — — silklike , adj. /silk/ , n. 1. the soft, lustrous fiber obtained as a filament from the cocoon of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FAMILY — /fam"euh lee, fam"lee/ , n. , pl. families , adj. n. 1. parents and their children, considered as a group, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COTTON — /kot"n/ , n. 1. a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SILK — adj. resembling silk; pertaining to silk; made from silk
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SILK — n. fibers produced by silkworms; thread or fabric made from silk fibers; garment of silk; gown worn by a King's …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SILK — I. ˈsilk noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English seolc, sioluc, probably ultimately from Greek sērikos silken …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COTTON — I. ˈkä-t ə n noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English coton, from Anglo-French cotun, from Old Italian cotone, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SILK — noun hence, thread spun, or cloth woven, from the above-named material. 2. silk ·noun that which resembles silk, as the …
Webster English vocab
FAMILY — vt course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage. 2. family ·vt honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a …
Webster English vocab
COTTON — noun cloth made of cotton. 2. cotton ·noun the cotton plant. ·see cotten plant, below. 3. cotton ·vi to rise …
Webster English vocab
SILK — [silk] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE seolc, prob. ultim. fr. Gk serikos silken--more at sericeous] (bef. 12c) 1: a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COTTON — [cot.ton] n, often attrib [ME coton, fr. MF, fr. Ar qutun] (14c) 1 a: a soft usu. white fibrous substance …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FAMILY
Britannica English vocabulary
COTTON — seed-hair fibre of a variety of plants of the genus Gossypium, belonging to the Malvaceae family and native to most …
Britannica English vocabulary
SILK — silk, Silk BrE AmE sɪlk ▷ silks sɪlks
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FAMILY — family BrE AmE ˈfæm li ˈfæm ə l i, -ɪl- ▷ families ˈfæm liz ˈfæm ə l iz, -ɪl- ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COTTON — cotton, C~ BrE AmE ˈkɒt ə n AmE ˈkɑːt ə n ▷ cotton|s z ▶ ˌ cotton ˈ candy BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SILK — / sɪlk; NAmE / noun 1. [ U ] fine soft thread produced by silkworms 2. [ U ] a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FAMILY — / ˈfæməli; NAmE / noun , adjective ■ noun ( pl. -ies ) 1. [ C +sing./pl. v . ] …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COTTON — / ˈkɒtn; NAmE ˈkɑːtn/ noun , verb ■ noun [ U ] 1. a plant grown in warm countries for …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SILK — silk /sɪlk/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: seolc ] 1 . [uncountable] a thin smooth soft …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FAMILY — fam ‧ i ‧ ly S1 W1 /ˈfæm ə li/ BrE AmE noun ( plural families ) [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COTTON — I. cot ‧ ton 1 W3 /ˈkɒtn $ ˈkɑːtn/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SILK — n. 1 a fine strong soft lustrous fibre produced by silkworms in making cocoons. 2 a similar fibre spun by …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COTTON — n. & v. --n. 1 a soft white fibrous substance covering the seeds of certain plants. 2 a (in full …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SILK — n. 1 a fine strong soft lustrous fibre produced by silkworms in making cocoons. 2 a similar fibre spun by …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FAMILY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a set of parents and children, or of relations, living together or not. 2 a the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COTTON — n. & v. n. 1 a soft white fibrous substance covering the seeds of certain plants. 2 a (in full …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SILK — n.1 a fine strong soft lustrous fibre produced by silkworms in making cocoons. 2 a similar fibre spun by some …
Oxford English vocab
COTTON — n. & v. --n. 1. a soft white fibrous substance covering the seeds of certain plants. 2 a (in full …
Oxford English vocab
SILK — ( silks) Silk is a substance which is made into smooth fine cloth and sewing thread. You can also refer …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FAMILY — ( families) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A family is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COTTON — ( cottons, cottoning, cottoned) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Cotton is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COTTON — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Cotton is a …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SILK — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a silk flower ▪ She wore a huge silk flower in her hair. a silk/cotton/velvet …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FAMILY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a committee/staff/family etc member ▪ Close friendships developed between crew members on the ship. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COTTON — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a silk/cotton/velvet etc dress ▪ Ellie chose a green silk dress. cotton bud cotton candy …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SILK — [noun] [U] - a delicate, soft cloth made from a thread produced by silkworms, or the thread itselfa silk dressa …
Cambridge English vocab
SILK — n. Animal fibre produced by certain insects as building material for cocoons and webs. In commercial use it refers almost …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FAMILY — n. type family agave family Alcmaeonid family amaranth family amaryllis family Amati family Andreini family arum family Ashikaga family Barrymore …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
COTTON — n. cotton bollworm Cotton Belt Cotton Club cotton gin Cotton John Cotton Sir Robert Bruce King Cotton Mather Cotton
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
COTTON — n. Seed-hair fibre of various plants of the genus Gossypium , in the mallow family , native to most subtropical …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SILK — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy ▪ delicate , fine , thin ▪ soft ▪ pure ▪ artificial ▪ rich ▪ a …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FAMILY — INDEX: 1. a group of people who are related to each other 2. things that happen in a family or …
Longman Activator English vocab
COTTON — n [ U ] a type of cloth made from a plant and used for making clothes. In the 19th …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
SILK — 1. сущ. 1) шелк soft as silk ≈ мягкий как шелк to trade in silk ≈ торговать шелком fine silk …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FAMILY — 1. сущ. 1) семья, семейство; род to start a family ≈ основать семью extended family ≈ большая семья good family …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COTTON — I 1. сущ. 1) хлопок to spit cotton амер.; разг. ≈ томиться жаждой; перен. быть в ярости 2) хлопчатник Syn …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SILK — silk.ogg 1. sılk n 1. шёлк, шёлковая ткань ( тж. silk goods, silk fabrics) artificial silk - искусственный шёлк the …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FAMILY — family.ogg ʹfæm(ə)lı n 1. 1> семья, семейство family likeness - семейное сходство there is a family likeness between the two …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
COTTON — cotton.ogg 1. ʹkɒtn n 1. 1> бот. хлопчатник ( Gossypium gen. ) 2> хлопок cotton in seed - неочищенный хлопок …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SILK — 1) шёлк 2) шёлковая ситовая ткань 3) шёлковое сито 4) "шёлк" ( початка кукурузы ) • - carbon silk - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
FAMILY — семейство; ряд; серия - codes family - compatible-codes family - computer family - family of curves - family of distributions …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
COTTON — 1) хлопок || хлопковый 2) хлопчатобумажный 3) вата • - bolly cotton - dirty cotton - fine-stapled cotton - flax …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
SILK — 1) шёлк 2) шёлковая ситовая ткань 3) шёлковое сито 4) "шёлк" (початка кукурузы) • - carbon silk - glass silk - grege silk - grenadine silk - mica silk - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
FAMILY — семейство; ряд; серия - codes family - compatible-codes family - computer family - family of curves - family of distributions - gas family - horizontal family - indexed …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
COTTON — 1) хлопок || хлопковый 2) хлопчатобумажный 3) вата • - bolly cotton - dirty cotton - fine-stapled cotton - flax cotton - ginned cotton - glass cotton - hand-picked cotton - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
SILK — шелк, шелковый - reel silk - reel the silk - reeled-and-thrown silk - silk cloth - silk covering - spin silk - weight silk
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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