The meaning of SILKEN is made or consisting of silk. How to use silken in a sentence.

Adding a coagulant to soy milk curdles it, producing tofu, which ranges in texture from "silken" (very soft) to "extra firm," depending on how much liquid is removed.

Silken definition: made of silk.. See examples of SILKEN used in a sentence.

Sep 3, 2025 · silken (third-person singular simple present silkens, present participle silkening, simple past and past participle silkened) (transitive) To render silken or silklike. quotations

A silken garment, fabric, or rope is made of silk or a material that looks like silk.

Definition of silken adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

1. Made of silk. 2. Smooth and lustrous like silk. 3. Delicately pleasing or soothing: a silken voice; silken touches.

From Middle English silken, from Old English seolcen ("made of silk, silken"), equivalent to silk +‎ -en.

Synonyms for SILKEN: silky, satin, soft, velvety, downy, satiny, cottony, silklike; Antonyms of SILKEN: coarse, rough, harsh, jagged, irregular, lumpy, scratchy, ragged

'Silken' means made of or resembling silk, and is smooth and soft to the touch. It can refer to clothing, fabrics, hair, or even voices.