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- [lint]
- /lɪnt/
- /lɪnt/
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- [lint]
- /lɪnt/
Definitions of lint word
- noun lint minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread. 1
- noun lint staple cotton fiber used to make yarn. 1
- noun lint cotton waste produced by the ginning process. 1
- noun lint a soft material for dressing wounds, procured by scraping or otherwise treating linen cloth. 1
- noun lint Short, fine fibers that separate from the surface of cloth or yarn, especially during processing. 1
- noun lint fabric fibres 1
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Origin of lint
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English, variant of linnet; compare Middle French linette linseed, Old English līnet- flax (or flax-field) in līnetwige lintwhite
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Parts of speech for Lint
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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
lint popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
lint usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for lint
noun lint
- grime — dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- dirt — Design In Real Time
- soil — the act or fact of soiling.
- powder — British Dialect. a sudden, frantic, or impulsive rush.
- soot — a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
Antonyms for lint
noun lint
- cleanliness — Cleanliness is the degree to which people keep themselves and their surroundings clean.
- purity — the condition or quality of being pure; freedom from anything that debases, contaminates, pollutes, etc.: the purity of drinking water.
- smoothness — free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
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