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cocoon

[kuh-koon] / kəˈkun /
VERB
protect with covering
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The company lays the deceased in a coffin-like container it calls a cocoon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

During Thanksgiving week, from the soft neutral cocoon of my parents’ guest room, I burrowed into an impulsive rewatch of the BBC “Sherlock” — yes, the Benedict Cumberbatch era, all sculptural cheekbones and good outerwear.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2025

Then in Spring, each forms a cocoon before emerging as an adult butterfly to lay its own eggs.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025

Many Criterion junkies have imagined what it would be like to hang out in that closet — to be enveloped in that cozy cocoon of great movies.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2025

When Barack and I stepped out to walk a short stretch of the parade route and wave to the public, Malia and Sasha stayed behind inside the warm cocoon of the moving limo.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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