cocoonlike

adj — 2 senses

cocoonlike

adj

Etymology From cocoon + -like.

1

Resembling or characteristic of a cocoon.

2

Figuratively Comfortably isolating.

  • One of two centerpieces commissioned as a centennial homage to the 1909 Plan of Chicago by Daniel Burnham, Ms. Hadid’s cocoonlike structure was the last guest at the party: the pavilion by the Amsterdam-based UN Studio opened — on time — in June.2009 September 3, Barbara Graustark, “Pitching a Tent, Spectacularly”, in New York Times:

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