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PRONUNCIATION OF SPUN SILK

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPUN SILK

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Spun silk is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SPUN SILK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of spun silk in the English dictionary

The definition of spun silk in the dictionary is yarn or fabric made from silk waste.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPUN SILK

spulyie
spumante
spume
spumescence
spumescent
spumone
spumoni
spumous
spumy
spun
spun sugar
spun yarn
spunbonded
spunk
spunkie
spunkily
spunkiness
spunky
spur
spur gear

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPUN SILK

corn silk
embroidery silk
oiled silk
raw silk
sewing silk
shot silk
silk
take silk
vegetable silk
watered silk
wild silk

Synonyms and antonyms of spun silk in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «spun silk» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPUN SILK

Find out the translation of spun silk to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of spun silk from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spun silk» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

绢丝
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

seda hilada
570 millions of speakers

English

spun silk
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

काता रेशम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نسج الحرير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

развернулся шелк
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

seda fiado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সিল্ক স্পা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

filé la soie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sutera berputar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gesponnene Seide
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

絹紡糸
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

회전 실크
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sutra spun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

spun lụa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பட்டுப்புழு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रेशीम काता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ipek iplik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

seta filata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przędzy z jedwabiu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розвернувся шовк
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mătase filate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απορρίμματα από μετάξι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gespin kant
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spunnet silke
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

spunnet silke
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spun silk

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPUN SILK»

The term «spun silk» is regularly used and occupies the 84.206 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPUN SILK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «spun silk» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «spun silk» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about spun silk

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPUN SILK»

Discover the use of spun silk in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spun silk and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Silk Reeling and Testing Manual
Spun silk threads are soft but less lustrous, strong and elastic than reeled silks. Spun silk fabric will become fuzzy with wear as the yarn is made from short material. There are several sources to fabricate spun silk: 1 . pierced cocoons, the result ...
‎1999
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Laundry: The Home Comforts Book of Caring for Clothes and Linens
Throwing is a kind of twisting of the reeled-silk filaments into threads. Thrown silk is used to make fine and sheer fabrics, such as georgette, taffeta, voile, crêpe de chine, organza, and grenadine. Spun silk is produced when short lengths of silk ...
Cheryl Mendelson, 2009
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Global Silk Industry: A Complete Source Book
The silk waste is normally collected by the trading agencies from silk filatures and supplied to spun silk manufacturing plants. 5.12 Spun Silk Manufacturing: Silk waste is spun in a yarn known as spun silk by the methods resembling to worsted  ...
R.k.datta, 2007
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Hand Book of Silk Technology
3.1 INTRODUCTION There are two types of silk yarns produced in the country namely, raw silk or reeled silk comprising major quantity (about 92%) and spun silk yarn (about 8%) . Raw silk yarn is comparable to filament yarn and the spun silk ...
Tammanna N. Sonwalkar, 1993
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Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House
Spun silk is produced when short lengths of silk filament are carded, combed, and spun into threads just as wool, cotton, and linen are. Because of the short staple of spun-silk yarn, spun-silk fabric tends to become fuzzy with wear (the short ...
Cheryl Mendelson, 2005
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Official Catalogue of the Great Exhibition of the Works of ...
Skeins of spun silk. Chain of double spun silk. Skein of spun silk, a la Piedmont, &c. 204 Marguerit, J. Barcelona, Manu. — Spun silk. 205 Garcia, J. Murcia, Manu. — Specimens of spun silk. 206 Ferrer & Co. Roda, Manu. — Line flax and silk ...
Cambridge University Press, Anonymous, 2011
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Growth and Manufacture of Silk: Letter from the Secretary of ...
cocoons that can be spun, and four ounces of flos to eleven ounces of spun silk. About 506 feet of the single thread, or fibre of silk from worms of three casts, weigh one grain. The cocoon of this worm yields 2T3T°74T grains of silk ; and, if we ...
United States. Dept. of the Treasury, 1828
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The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of ...
Spun silk yarn produced In Great Britain from silk waste on which an Import duty of 6 pence per pound has been assessed (3 pounds of waste produce 1 pound spun silk) and on which spun silk yarn a drawback of 40 pence per pound has ...
‎1939
9
The International Exhibition of 1862
1377. GAme, T. Pavay, Ylocos-Norte, Phe'hppt'nes.——-A mantelet. 1378. GM, M . Valencia. -- Tapestry, goods in silk and gold. 1379. GARRIGA, L. Manama— Raw and spun silk, &c. 1380. GOVERNMENT OF THE PROVINCE OF ALICANT.
Anonymous, Cambridge University Press, 2014
10
Silk and Insight: A Novel
For Kikuno, visiting the red-brick spun-silk factory, which was the nearest to the lake, was the only painful experience. The dust and the sickening smell of silk cocoon waste scattering all over the place, together with the age of the building, ...
Yukio Mishima, 1998

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPUN SILK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spun silk is used in the context of the following news items.
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Air India's air hostesses to don Mysore silk sarees
Air India has placed an order for 10,000 Mysore silk sarees which would that will fetch ... The once famous spun silk factory at Channapatna will be revived soon. «Business Standard, Dec 14»
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6 Hair Masks Guaranteed to Make Your Hair Feel Like Spun Silk
Knit hats, dry heat, and bitterly cold temperatures all conspire to ruin your hair. I swear by a good hair mask and use one religiously (my go-to is this one by ... «Glamour, Dec 13»
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CSTRI develops solar operated silk spinning machine
The Bangalore-based Central Silk Technological Research Institute (CSTRI), ... spun silk production and working conditions but also helps in removing a few ... «Business Standard, Jan 13»
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The future of biomaterial manufacturing: Spider silk production from …
If scientists could reproduce the mechanical properties of spider spun silk in the laboratory, the material could be used to replace Kevlar, carbon fiber and steel. «Phys.Org, Jul 12»
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London museum displays textiles made from golden silk of millions …
The golden orb spider (Nephila madagascariensis) spins a unique silk, ... Under Peers's and Godley's direction, the spun silk was hand-woven into fabric, then ... «Washington Post, Jan 12»
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Khadi silk quilts through women self-help group (SHG)
Normally above mentioned wastes are the Raw material for the Spun Silk yarn both in Mulberry and Non-Mulberry silks. One of the major byproducts in ... «Fibre2fashion.com, May 08»
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Physical & comfort properties of spun silk knitted fabrics
Spun silk knitted fabrics have higher bursting strength, higher abrasion resistance, higher air permeability, better wicking, higher shrinkage and lower drape as ... «Fibre2fashion.com, Apr 08»

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