kapok meaning

kapok as a noun

1. a plant fiber from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation

   Synonyms: silk cotton, vegetable silk

   Type of: plant fiber

2. massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber

   Synonyms: ceiba tree, silk-cotton tree, white silk-cotton tree, Bombay ceiba, God tree, Ceiba pentandra

   Type of: angiospermous tree

How to pronounce kapok

kapok is pronounced /ˈkeɪpɑk/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.