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What is the collective noun for silk?

There isn't a specific collective noun for silk.

While we have "a flock of sheep" for wool and "a bale of cotton" for cotton, silk is typically referred to in terms of its weight or quantity (e.g., "a bolt of silk," "a yard of silk," "a pound of silk").

You could be creative and invent a collective noun like "a shimmer of silk," but it wouldn't be standard usage.

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