Wool

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Soft hair that covers the body of sheep and some other animals.
  • n. A material or garment made of this hair.
  • n. The furry hair of some insect larvae, such as the caterpillar.
  • n. A filamentous or fibrous covering or substance suggestive of the texture of true wool.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants.
  • n. A cloth or yarn made from the wool of sheep.
  • n. Anything with a texture like that of wool.
  • adj. this sense?) Made of wool.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; -- chiefly applied to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate climates.
  • n. Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.
  • n. A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense, curling hairs on the surface of certain plants.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n.
  • n. See the extract.
  • n. The fine, soft, curly hair which forms the fleece or fleecy coat of the sheep and some other animals, as the goat and alpaca, in fineness approaching fur.
  • n. The fine, short, thick underfur or down of any animal, as distinguished from the longer and stiffer hairs which come to the surface of the pelage.
  • n. The short, crisp, curly or kinky hair of the head of some persons, as negroes; humorously, the hair of any person's head.
  • n. Any light, downy, fleecy, or flocculent sub stance resembling wool.
  • To pull the hair of, in sport or anger; rumple or tousle the hair of.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving
  • n. a fabric made from the hair of sheep
  • n. outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cloth    fabric    material    textile    coat    pelage   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    woolen    woollen   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bull    bull    full    pull   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cotton    silk    cloth    fur    flannel    tobacco    blanket    rag    straw    canvas