synonym of soft as silk

The area of high-tech businesses in the triangle formed by Bristol, Swindon and Gloucester in England

A silk fabric with a dull surface, for mournings.

to become quiet

The fine soft yellowish threads that are the stigmata of corn flowers, which are later enclosed inside the husk of corn ears next to the kernels on corn cobs.

tissue paper

plural of silk paper

(railways) A railroad sleeper lying under the rails transversely as a support to the stringer.

A situation, common in Asia, in which an area of intact habitat no longer has birdsong as a result of having had all songbirds trapped out for the cagebird trade.

(informal) silicon tetrachloride