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wool

/wˈʊl/noun1 syllable

Wool means: a fabric made from the hair of sheep.

Synonyms for wool3

noun, as in a fabric made from the hair of sheep

woolen, woollen

noun, as in outer coat of especially sheep and yaks

What does wool mean?3

noun

1

a fabric made from the hair of sheep

2

outer coat of especially sheep and yaks

3

fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with wool?3

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Wool in a sentence

  • Today will be hot, so why are you carrying around a wool sweater?AlanF_US
  • Many go out for wool, and come home shorn.carlosalberto
  • After it was washed in hot water, the wool sweater shrank quite a bit.AlanF_US
  • Let the ground be wool to you, father!AlanF_US
  • Alpaca wool is softer than sheep wool, but also more expensive.araneo
  • The wool comes off the pig, and the dog pays the bill.LeviHighway
  • Formerly, heather was used to dye wool yellow.Amastan
  • We laughed a lot, and we almost finished carding the wool.Objectivesea

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Forms of wool

as a noun

plural
wools