cocoon
noun /kəˈkuːn/
/kəˈkuːn/
- a cover or case of silk threads that some insects make to protect themselves before they become adultsTopics Insects, worms, etc.c2
- a layer of something soft that wraps all around a person or thing and forms a protection
- (figurative) the cocoon of a caring family
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French cocon, from medieval Provençal coucoun ‘eggshell, cocoon’, diminutive of coca ‘shell’. The verb dates from the mid 19th cent.