wool
noun
1 wool
A fabric made from the hair of sheep.
synonyms: woolen, woollen.
Roget 256:
roughness
etc.
adj.;
tooth,
grain,
texture,
ripple;
asperity,
rugosity†,
salebrosity†,
corrugation,
nodosity†;
arborescence†
etc.
242;
pilosity†.
brush,
hair,
beard,
shag,
mane,
whisker,
moustache,
imperial,
tress,
lock,
curl,
ringlet;
fimbriae,
pili,
cilia,
villi;
lovelock;
beaucatcher†;
curl paper;
goatee;
papillote,
scalp lock.
plumage,
plumosity†;
plume,
panache,
crest;
feather,
tuft,
fringe,
toupee.
wool,
velvet,
plush,
nap,
pile,
floss,
fur,
down;
byssus†,
moss,
bur;
fluff.
knot
(convolution)
248.
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Dutch: wol, schapenvacht, schapenwol, schapewol
Polish: wełna, tkanina wełniana
2 wool
Fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving.
3 wool
Outer coat of especially sheep and yaks.
synonym: fleece.
Dutch: wol
Polish: wełna
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