American English pronunciation
How to pronounce wool
IPA transcription: ['wʊl]
Hear “wool” pronounced
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Noun
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a fabric made from the hair of sheep
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fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving
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outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
Usage examples
- Many of these have common names that include the "woollybush" epithet.
- Fancy woolen hosiery was also manufactured.
- The resultant slag is drawn off and spun to form the rock wool product.
- Keane was educated at Clifton College and Royal Military Academy Woolwich.
- This wool jumper is itchy.
- Wine wears neither linen nor woolen breeches.
- Cotton wool can be used with make-up remover to remove eyeshadow
- Acid burns holes in wool cloth.
- Cutch will dye wool, silk, and cotton a yellowish-brown.
- The woolly rhinoceros was a member of the Pleistocene megafauna.