Sentence example with the word 'kapok'

kapok

blubber, butter, cushion, down, feather bed, fleece, flue, foam, plush, puff, rubber, silk, thistledown, wax, zephyr

Definition n. a plant fiber from the kapok tree

Last update: August 27, 2015


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Pillows made by kapok are very soft.   [Please select]

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The chief of these silk cottons is kapok, consisting of the hairs borne on the interior of the pods (but not attached to the seeds) of Eriodendron anfractuosum, the silk cotton tree, a member of the Bombacaceae, an order very closely allied to the Malvaceae.   [Please select]

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The cotton or kapok was used directly, but the burlap was shredded into a fine mass of fluffy fibers.   [Please select]

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The kapok or cotton was used directly by the mice in constructing a hollow, compact, moundlike nest.   [Please select]

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] Traps were carefully shaded and a ball of kapok was placed in each trap to provide protection against the killing temperatures that can develop inside.   [Please select]

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On cold, humid nights in autumn numerous mice caught in Sherman live traps succumbed from exposure, even though nesting material (kapok or cotton) and food were in the traps.   [Please select]

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