wool

Speech parts

1. wool - Noun

2. Wool - Proper noun

Meaning

The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; -- chiefly applied to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate climates.

Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.

A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense, curling hairs on the surface of certain plants.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fleece cashmere mohair angora lisle cheviot paisley merino tweed down coat cotton silk woolen pelt
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Antonyms

baldness synthetic hair

Hypernyms

material coat fabric cloth pelage animal fiber

Hyponyms

fleece cashmere shoddy alpaca vicuna virgin wool

Phrases with the word

wrap in cotton wool all wool and a yard wide pull the wool over eyes spun wool pig's wool go to the goat's house for wool

Examples

I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress. Frederick Douglass

Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness? Jerome

In any case, I'd rather not deal with such questions, because anyway it's like shearing a pig – lots of screams but little wool. Vladimir Putin

Bad is the wool that cannot be dyed. Italian Proverb

Little by little the wool becomes a carpet. Persian Proverb

Rather lose the wool than the sheep. Portuguese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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