Synonyms for cocoon

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kuh-koon

Phonetic Transcription : kəˈkun

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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.

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Antonyms for cocoon