noun. 1  1A mill or factory which processes food. 2  2A hand-operated kitchen utensil for purÃ©eing or straining food, having a rotating blade which pushes food through a perforated metal disc.
Silk is a natural protein fibre, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. The protein fibre of silk is composed mainly of fibroin and produced by certain insect larvae to form cocoons. The best-known type of silk is obtained from the cocoons of the larvae of the mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori reared in captivity.ilk is a natural protein fibre, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. The protein fibre of silk is composed mainly of fibroin and produced by certain insect larvae to form cocoons. The best-known type of silk is obtained from the cocoons of the larvae of the mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori reared in captivity.
  Answer   Silk is a Chinese word that means silk. O.E. sioloc, seoloc silk, ultimately from an Asian word (cf. Chinesesi silk, Manchurian sirghe, Mongolian si â¦ rkek) borrowed into Gk. asserikos silken, serikon silk (cf. Gk. Seres, a name for an oriental people from whom the Greeks got silk).The use of-l- instead of-r-in the Balto-Slavic form of the word (cf. O.C.S. shelku, Lith. silkai) apparently passed into English via the Baltic trade and may reflect a Chinese dialectal form, or a Slavic alteration of the Gk. word. Answer   Silk is a Chinese word that means silk. O.E. sioloc, seoloc silk, ultimately from an Asian word (cf. Chinesesi silk, Manchurian sirghe, Mongolian si â¦ rkek) borrowed into Gk. asserikos silken, serikon silk (cf. Gk. Seres, a name for an oriental people from whom the Greeks got silk).