Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

silk serge

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables: silk serge
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

a twilled silk fabric used mostly for lining parts of gentlemen's coats.

Example Sentences

"The early association of silk serge, Greece, and France is shown by the discovery in Charlemagne's tomb of a piece of silk serge dyed with Byzantine motifs, evidently a gift from the Byzantine Imperial Court in the 8th or 9th century AD."

Inflected Forms

silk serges (plural)

Questions

What does silk serge mean?: a twilled silk fabric used mostly for lining parts of gentlemen's coats.

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