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- [woo l]
- /wʊl/
- /wʊl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [woo l]
- /wʊl/
Definitions of wool word
- noun wool the fine, soft, curly hair that forms the fleece of sheep and certain other animals, characterized by minute, overlapping surface scales that give it its felting property. 1
- noun wool fabrics and garments of such wool. 1
- noun wool yarn made of such wool. 1
- noun wool any of various substances used commercially as substitutes for the wool of sheep or other animals. 1
- noun wool any of certain vegetable fibers, as cotton or flax, used as wool, especially after preparation by special process (vegetable wool) 1
- noun wool any finely fibrous or filamentous matter suggestive of the wool of sheep: glass wool; steel wool. 1
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Origin of wool
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English wolle, Old English wull(e), cognate with Dutch wol, German Wolle, Old Norse ull, Gothic wulla; akin to Latin lāna, Sanskrit ūrṇā, Welsh gwlân wool, Latin vellus fleece, Greek oúlos woolly
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Parts of speech for Wool
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
wool popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% 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".
wool usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for wool
noun wool
- angora — An angora goat or rabbit is a particular breed that has long silky hair.
- mohair — the coat or fleece of an Angora goat.
- cashmere — Cashmere is a kind of very fine, soft wool.
- yarn — thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
- fabric — a cloth made by weaving, knitting, or felting fibers: woolen fabrics.
adjective wool
- woolen — any cloth of carded wool yarn of which the fibers vary in length: bulkier, looser, and less regular than worsted.
- knitted — made by knitting, as a cloth article: a knitted bedspread.
- woollen — any cloth of carded wool yarn of which the fibers vary in length: bulkier, looser, and less regular than worsted.
- woolly — consisting of wool: a woolly fleece.
- wooly — consisting of wool: a woolly fleece.
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