Kapok

//ˈkeɪpɒk//

Synonyms for "kapok" (47 found)

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Closest matches (10)

Noun(5 words)

kapok tree mumian bombay ceiba ceiba pentandra ceiba tree

blubber breeze butter clay cotton

Strong matches (14)

cushion dough down eiderdown feather feather bed feathers fiber fleece floss flue fluff foam

Noun(1 words)

god tree

Related words (23)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

4 entries

angiospermous tree flowering tree plant fiber plant fibre

derived

2 entries

kapok bush kapok tree

is a

2 entries

angiospermous tree plant fiber

related to

1 entries

silk cotton tree

used for

1 entries

stuff teddy bears

Translations

32 translations across 23 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

كَابُوك noun (silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra))

Bulgarian

1 entries

капок noun (silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra))

Catalan

1 entries

capoc noun (silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra))

Cebuano

3 entries

duldol noun (silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra))
durol noun (silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra))
kapok noun (silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra))

Chinese

3 entries

加薄棉 noun (silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra))
扳枝花 noun (silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra))
胭脂花 noun (silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra))

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

紅棉 /红棉 noun (silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra))

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

木棉 noun (silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra))
紅棉 /红棉 noun (silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra))

Finnish

1 entries

kapokki noun (silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra))

German

1 entries

Kapok noun (silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra))

Indonesian

2 entries

kapuk noun (silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra))
randu noun (silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra))

Irish

2 entries

capac noun (silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra))
capóc noun (silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra))

Italian

2 entries

capoc noun (silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra))
kapoc noun (silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra))

Japanese

1 entries

パンヤ noun (silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra))

Kyrgyz

1 entries

капок noun (silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra))

Malay

2 entries

kapuk noun (silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra))
kekabu noun (silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra))

Polish

1 entries

kapok noun (silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra))

Portuguese

1 entries

paina noun (silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra))

Romanian

1 entries

capoc noun (silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra))

Russian

1 entries

капо́к noun (silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra))

Sanskrit

1 entries

कूटशाल्मलि noun (silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra))

Spanish

1 entries

capoc noun (silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra))

Tagalog

1 entries

buboy noun (silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra))

Thai

1 entries

นุ่น noun (silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra))

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

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The moon came out of hiding and for a moment Jerry forgot his anxiety as a little grey-clad figure, small and sturdy [...], in a kapok coat and bulging proletarian cap, lowered himself over the side and leapt for the waiting arms of the sampan's crew.

Source: wiktionary

You can stuff them full of kapok to make a decent cushion and there is nothing better to carry frogs in.

Source: wiktionary

A still summer night a world away in a house that smells of cactus and dust and musty kapok.

Source: wiktionary

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