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- [lint]
- /lɪnt/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [lint]
- /lɪnt/
Definitions of lints word
- noun lints minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread. 1
- noun lints staple cotton fiber used to make yarn. 1
- noun lints cotton waste produced by the ginning process. 1
- noun lints a soft material for dressing wounds, procured by scraping or otherwise treating linen cloth. 1
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Origin of lints
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 Lints
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
lints 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.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
lints usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for lints
noun lints
- 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 lints
noun lints
- 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.