Explore Silkie through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Silkie meaning
A chicken of a certain breed with very fine, silk-like feathers, blue-black skin and bones, and five toes per foot (instead of the usual four).
Using Silkie
- The main meaning on this page is: A chicken of a certain breed with very fine, silk-like feathers, blue-black skin and bones, and five toes per foot (instead of the usual four).
- In the example corpus, silkie often appears in combinations such as: silkie carlo.
Context around Silkie
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Silkie
- In this selection, "silkie" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, old, carlo, hen and chicken stand out and add context to how "silkie" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include silkie carlo director and dustpan as silkie chickens scoot. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "silkie" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with silkie
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Silkie, 49, is an environmental engineer who grew up in Portland and now works for the city. (17 words)
Silkie Carlo, director of Big Brother Watch, said: "As with all mass surveillance tools, it is the general public who suffer more than criminals. (24 words)
One-year-old Silkie hen Coco and her tiny one-week-old chick, Macchiato, have been named the Mustang and Co Pet of the Month. (25 words)
Silkie Carlo, director of Big Brother Watch, said: "It's extremely worrying to see that the Government doesn't have a basic grip on data protection, and that people receiving some of the highest honours have been put at risk because of this. (43 words)
The Hunter-based, family-run organisation was shaken when a visitor allegedly plucked the silkie chicken from her enclosure and threw her to a nearby alligator pen, where she was killed. (31 words)
And there is Reid, a boyish-looking 54, holding a dustpan, as silkie chickens scoot around the yard, not clucking loud enough to drown out his indignation. (27 words)
Example sentences (6)
One-year-old Silkie hen Coco and her tiny one-week-old chick, Macchiato, have been named the Mustang and Co Pet of the Month.
Silkie, 49, is an environmental engineer who grew up in Portland and now works for the city.
The Hunter-based, family-run organisation was shaken when a visitor allegedly plucked the silkie chicken from her enclosure and threw her to a nearby alligator pen, where she was killed.
Silkie Carlo, director of Big Brother Watch, said: "It's extremely worrying to see that the Government doesn't have a basic grip on data protection, and that people receiving some of the highest honours have been put at risk because of this.
And there is Reid, a boyish-looking 54, holding a dustpan, as silkie chickens scoot around the yard, not clucking loud enough to drown out his indignation.
Silkie Carlo, director of Big Brother Watch, said: "As with all mass surveillance tools, it is the general public who suffer more than criminals.
Common combinations with silkie
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: