Breadcrumb Home > Dictionary > Index S spun silk: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: spun' silk' Pronunciation: [key] yarn produced by spinning silk waste and short, broken filaments from which the sericin has been removed. Cf. a fabric woven from this yarn. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. spun rayon spun sugar ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: rococo Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language