Definition

noun. the silky case that a caterpillar makes to protect itself for a time before it becomes a moth or butterfly

Example Sentence

The butterflies hatched from the cocoons.

Synonyms

cushion; encase; envelop; insulate

Antonyms

brick house

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cocoons
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Rhymes

  • coones
  • coons
  • croons
  • dunes
  • funes
  • goons
  • june's
  • junes
  • koon's
  • koons
  • kuhns
  • kunes
  • loons
  • moon's
  • moons
  • noons
  • nunes
  • prunes
  • spoons
  • tunes

  • aoun's
  • baboon's
  • baboons
  • balloons
  • cartoons
  • cocoons
  • communes
  • harpoons
  • lagoons
  • lampoon's
  • monsoons
  • platoons
  • pontoons
  • raccoons
  • rangoon's
  • saloons
  • tycoon's
  • tycoons
  • typhoons
  • verboons

  • afternoon's
  • afternoons