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Synonyms for cocoon


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuh-koon
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈkun



Définition of cocoon

Origin :
  • 1690s, from Middle French coucon (16c., Modern French cocon), from coque "clam shell, egg shell, nut shell" (7c.), from Old French coque "shell," from Latin coccum "berry," from Greek kokkos "berry, seed" (see cocco-). The sense of "one's interior comfort place" is from 1986. Also see -oon.
  • verb protect with covering

Antonyms for cocoon

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