kapok

[ key-pok ]

/ ˈkeɪ pɒk /

noun

the silky down that invests the seeds of a silk-cotton tree (kapoktree ),Ceiba pentandra, of the East Indies, Africa, and tropical America: used for stuffing pillows, life jackets, etc., and for acoustical insulation.

Also called Java cotton.

Origin of kapok

1740–50; <Javanese (or Malay of Java and Sumatra) kapuk the name of the tree

Words nearby kapok

Kapil Dev, Kapitsa, Kapitza, Kaplan, Kapo, kapok, kapok oil, Kaposi's sarcoma, Kaposi's varicelliform eruption, kapote, kappa

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Example sentences from the Web for kapok

Even prettier and more wonderfully made is the nest of the kapok bird, a little creature resembling a tom-tit.
Home Life on an Ostrich Farm|Annie Martin
The kapok or cotton was used directly by the mice in constructing a hollow, compact, moundlike nest.
Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado|Charles L. Douglas
Nag-atbu ang duldul sa unlan, The kapok flew out of the pillow.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan|John U. Wolff
The silk cotton or kapok (bombax) is also to be met with in every village.
The History of Sumatra|William Marsden

The Kapok plant furnishes most of the commercial silk cotton on the market.
Textiles|William H. Dooley

British Dictionary definitions for kapok

kapok

/ (ˈkeɪpɒk) /

noun

a silky fibre obtained from the hairs covering the seeds of a tropical bombacaceous tree, Ceiba pentandra (kapok tree or silk-cotton tree): used for stuffing pillows, etc, and for sound insulationAlso called: silk cotton

Word Origin for kapok

C18: from Malay

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	kapok
释义	kapok [ key-pok ] / ˈkeɪ pɒk / noun the silky down that invests the seeds of a silk-cotton tree (kapoktree ),Ceiba pentandra, of the East Indies, Africa, and tropical America: used for stuffing pillows, life jackets, etc., and for acoustical insulation. Also called Java cotton. Origin of kapok 1740–50; <Javanese (or Malay of Java and Sumatra) kapuk the name of the tree Words nearby kapok Kapil Dev, Kapitsa, Kapitza, Kaplan, Kapo, kapok, kapok oil, Kaposi's sarcoma, Kaposi's varicelliform eruption, kapote, kappa Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for kapok Even prettier and more wonderfully made is the nest of the kapok bird, a little creature resembling a tom-tit. Home Life on an Ostrich Farm\|Annie Martin The kapok or cotton was used directly by the mice in constructing a hollow, compact, moundlike nest. Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado\|Charles L. Douglas Nag-atbu ang duldul sa unlan, The kapok flew out of the pillow. A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan\|John U. Wolff The silk cotton or kapok (bombax) is also to be met with in every village. The History of Sumatra\|William Marsden The Kapok plant furnishes most of the commercial silk cotton on the market. Textiles\|William H. Dooley British Dictionary definitions for kapok kapok / (ˈkeɪpɒk) / noun a silky fibre obtained from the hairs covering the seeds of a tropical bombacaceous tree, Ceiba pentandra (kapok tree or silk-cotton tree): used for stuffing pillows, etc, and for sound insulationAlso called: silk cotton Word Origin for kapok C18: from Malay Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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