cocoon

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The silky covering a caterpillar spins around itself before becoming a moth or butterfly.

   The caterpillar spun a cocoon and stayed inside it for two weeks.

2. 2
   noun

   A safe, protective place that shuts out the outside world.

   After the trip, she retreated into the warm cocoon of her home.

3. 3
   verb

   To wrap or protect something as if in a cocoon.

   She cocooned the baby in a soft blanket.

From French cocon, diminutive of coque (“shell”).

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