kapok

Kapok (sense 1), a silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra).

The kapok (sense 2) or silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra).

The Malabar silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba) is also known as the kapok (sense 3) as its fruit produce a fibre like that of the silk-cotton tree.

Borrowed from Malay kapuk (“silky fibre from the silk-cotton tree; Ceiba pentandra”).[1]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪpɒk/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪˌpɑk/
• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːpəʊk/, [ˈkɑːpəʊʔ]
• Rhymes: (General American) -eɪpɑk
• Hyphenation: ka‧pok

kapok (countable and uncountable, plural kapoks)

1. A silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra) used for insulation and stuffing for mattresses, pillows, etc.

   Synonym: mumian

   • 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 492:

     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.

   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber & Faber, published 2003, page 39:

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

   • 2014 [1993], Tim Winton, Land's Edge, Picador, page 15:

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

2. A silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra).

   Synonyms: kapok tree, (Haiti) mapou, mumian

3. A cotton tree, Malabar silk-cotton tree, or red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba).

   Synonym: kapok tree

• capoc
• kapoc

• Ceiba pentandra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bombax ceiba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• kapok (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• kapok tree (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ceiba pentandra on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Bombax ceiba on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ceiba pentandra on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Bombax ceiba on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

• Kopka

• Hyphenation: ka‧pok

kapok

1. (rare) the kapok tree or silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra)
2. (rare) the fiber obtained from this tree

kapok m (plural kapoks)

1. kapok

• “kapok”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

kap +‎ -ok

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒpok]
• Hyphenation: ka‧pok

kapok

1. first-person singular indicative present indefinite of kap

Borrowed from Malay kapuk.

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.pɔk/

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• Rhymes: -apɔk
• Syllabification: ka‧pok

kapok m inan

1. kapok
2. life jacket

• kapok in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kapok in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Malay kapuk.

• Hyphenation: ka‧pok
• IPA^(key): /ˈkapok/, [ˈka.pok]
• Rhymes: -apok

kapok

1. kapok (Ceiba pentandra)

   Synonyms: bulak, bulak-kahoy, bulak-sina, buboy

2. the silky fibre obtained from the seed pods of this tree