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Definition of watered silk noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

watered silk

noun

/ˌwɔːtəd ˈsɪlk/

/ˌwɔːtərd ˈsɪlk/

[uncountable]

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a type of shiny silk cloth with a pattern on it that looks like water in waves

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